A Moose with Spots

Yesterday, we had quite the ordeal. My little Moose had his first visit to the ER... at 10 months old. He just finished up a 10 day bout of antibiotics for a sinus infection and bronchitis. We knew that there would be a bit of a gamble with giving him mold based antibiotics as I am allergic to them, and now we know apparently he is too.

We went to Urgent Care, and then he was directly omitted to the ER because his hives were so swollen they looked like they could have been chicken pox. Both Monkey and Moose are vaccinated for them, but Moose only newly so. It was still a possibility. Luckily the ER was not very busy. We got in and out of there almost immediately. My Moose has spots.

They gave him a huge shot of Benadryl in the ER to make the swelling hives go down. He has to take Benadryl every 6 hours now. And Prednisone once a day that makes him completely wired and act like a crazy person. He is now also an official Epipen carrier for life because the chances are that he has a severe mold based allergy. While it's a "precaution" knowing that it's my reality makes it more likely.

Even though he's had several doses of both, he's still pretty spotty, but the hives have reduced. His poor little toes are swollen like sausages still. He isn't walking as well as usual, likely because his toes aren't cooperating. Overall, he's a pretty tough guy. He's fussy because he's angry about his spots that cover him head to toe, but he's in fairly good spirits.