what are you doing right now?

[CCL]

Benadryl should help with itching.

[Pink Cashmere]

Nov 11, 2023 18:12:53 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

Nov 11, 2023 15:54:43 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

So today is our “anniversary” and also the day we said at the end of August that we would get married. Mister keeps asking me about going out tonight. What the fuck for? To celebrate? Celebrate what? I don’t want to go ANYWHERE, except perhaps the moon, to get as far away from my life as possible. If I could somehow just disappear and make myself invisible, I swear I would.

And to be clear, none of that has to do with thoughts of self harm or suicide. Even though shit sucks majorly right now and I don’t know what to do, I still want to live. I don’t want anyone to be concerned about that, regardless of whatever crazy things I might say.

My plan for the evening is to indulge in several adult beverages and take my ass to bed. 

I do appreciate you clarifying that. 

I appreciate that you care enough that it matters that I clarified it.

I know enough about depression and mental health issues, to know that some people that are struggling, do have those thoughts, and even worse, act on them. I have nothing but compassion for people that feel like that is their only way out of the pain they are experiencing. 

But I can honestly say that even on my darkest days, my brain has never tricked me into thinking that was an option. I hope it is understandable that I can be very grateful for that and at the same time, still have compassion for people whose brains try to tell them something different. 

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Nov 11, 2023 18:34:46 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Nov 11, 2023 18:12:53 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

I do appreciate you clarifying that. 

I appreciate that you care enough that it matters that I clarified it.

I know enough about depression and mental health issues, to know that some people that are struggling, do have those thoughts, and even worse, act on them. I have nothing but compassion for people that feel like that is their only way out of the pain they are experiencing. 

But I can honestly say that even on my darkest days, my brain has never tricked me into thinking that was an option. I hope it is understandable that I can be very grateful for that and at the same time, still have compassion for people whose brains try to tell them something different. 

[Pink Cashmere]

Mister just asked me if I’ve seen an Amazon toy catalogue. Why yes, I have. It sat on the kitchen table for at least a week, along with the piles of mail that nobody sorts but me. A few days ago, I cleared the table and sorted the mail and threw away everything that wasn’t first class mail, and put his and his daughters’ mail on his desk and mine on my desk, like I always do. So I threw the catalogue away.

Mister said Kiddo and Mister’s niece had circled what they wanted for Christmas in the catalogue. I asked, if it was important to you, why didn’t you put it on your desk or somewhere, instead of leaving it on the table for so long, when you know how I handle the mail SINCE I’M THE ONLY PERSON THAT GOES THROUGH THE PILES AND SORTS IT OUT? Crickets.

Idk if he feels like I was wrong, and I don’t care. I’ve made it clear that if  you leave random shit laying around the house and it looks like trash to me, Imma throw it away. I’m not completely crazy, so if it looks like something valuable, I will put it in the room of the person it belongs to, and just be irritated. But if it looks like trash, Imma put it in the trash. After 4.5 years, that should be clear and obvious. So if a random catalogue had value to you, you shouldn’t have left it on the kitchen table for over a week (I really think it was over 2 weeks, but that’s embarrassing to say, how long the table was a mess), with all the other junk and piles of mail that nobody was going to deal with, but me. I don’t throw away his cigar catalogues, I put them on his desk with the rest of his mail, because I know he likes cigars and must have gotten on their mailing lists on purpose. How tf was I supposed to know that a random Amazon catalogue was more special than all the others that I regularly throw away?

[Pink Cashmere]

It is evening and I am now indulging in adult beverages like I said I would. Which means that I should probably stop posting now, and that I hope Mister leaves me tf alone.

I hope you all have a great evening and goodnight!

[jerseygirl]

Read description of Boy’s skin but when I saw the photo! Ooow poor doggie, hoping he recovers soon

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Pink Cashmere enjoy 

[finnime]

I appreciate how you, Pink Cashmere, turn your thoughts and attention elsewhere when you are in a wild confused place yourself. Like, Boy. You shut aside all your anger and pain to focus on him. And you're reassuring us that you're not apt to harm yourself. I've been in that very dark place you mention and I'm glad you are not one who walks that path.

[chiver78]

Nov 11, 2023 17:44:38 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Nov 11, 2023 17:37:52 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

LD had eczema listed in his medical files when he came home. I haven't had to deal with that, but I do drizzle salmon oil over his meals, and that definitely helps. lmk if you want the Chewy link. the one I've posted before has been discontinued.

I started buying salmon oil for the dogs, back when you first said something about it. I just asked Mister if he’s still been giving it to them and he said he’d slacked up on it, because it was getting low.

wtf? it's a consumable. it gets low, you order more. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

oy. sorry. I don't mean to add fuel to the fire at all. but, fuck.

[chiver78]

Nov 11, 2023 18:53:45 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Mister just asked me if I’ve seen an Amazon toy catalogue. Why yes, I have. It sat on the kitchen table for at least a week, along with the piles of mail that nobody sorts but me. A few days ago, I cleared the table and sorted the mail and threw away everything that wasn’t first class mail, and put his and his daughters’ mail on his desk and mine on my desk, like I always do. So I threw the catalogue away.

Mister said Kiddo and Mister’s niece had circled what they wanted for Christmas in the catalogue. I asked, if it was important to you, why didn’t you put it on your desk or somewhere, instead of leaving it on the table for so long, when you know how I handle the mail SINCE I’M THE ONLY PERSON THAT GOES THROUGH THE PILES AND SORTS IT OUT? Crickets.

Idk if he feels like I was wrong, and I don’t care. I’ve made it clear that if  you leave random shit laying around the house and it looks like trash to me, Imma throw it away. I’m not completely crazy, so if it looks like something valuable, I will put it in the room of the person it belongs to, and just be irritated. But if it looks like trash, Imma put it in the trash. After 4.5 years, that should be clear and obvious. So if a random catalogue had value to you, you shouldn’t have left it on the kitchen table for over a week (I really think it was over 2 weeks, but that’s embarrassing to say, how long the table was a mess), with all the other junk and piles of mail that nobody was going to deal with, but me. I don’t throw away his cigar catalogues, I put them on his desk with the rest of his mail, because I know he likes cigars and must have gotten on their mailing lists on purpose. How tf was I supposed to know that a random Amazon catalogue was more special than all the others that I regularly throw away?

I've thought this before, but haven't commented. this post nailed it for me - I feel like Mister thinks you're gonna run admin for his life like his mom did for Mr Messy. bc you're his lady, and that's how shit works in his brain.

[Pink Cashmere]

Nov 11, 2023 19:06:55 GMT -5 jerseygirl said:

Read description of Boy’s skin but when I saw the photo! Ooow poor doggie, hoping he recovers soon

Ikr! I included the photo, because I didn’t think I had the words to describe it accurately. And seeing his whole body this morning, was actually even worse than what’s on the photo.  That is why the first thought this morning, was to take him to the pet ER, and it was still an option after I suggested we call his vet first, if his vet wasn’t helpful. 

He threw up the Benadryl Mister gave him this morning. Then he threw up again later. I’d forgotten that part until now. Idk what that means, but if he keeps throwing up, we will call the vet again. 

Thank you! The bumps are mostly gone for now, and he is acting normal. But I’m not sure that they won’t come back, since they mostly went away last night too. 

[TheOtherMe]

Nov 11, 2023 18:34:46 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Nov 11, 2023 18:12:53 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

I do appreciate you clarifying that. 

I appreciate that you care enough that it matters that I clarified it.

I know enough about depression and mental health issues, to know that some people that are struggling, do have those thoughts, and even worse, act on them. I have nothing but compassion for people that feel like that is their only way out of the pain they are experiencing. 

But I can honestly say that even on my darkest days, my brain has never tricked me into thinking that was an option. I hope it is understandable that I can be very grateful for that and at the same time, still have compassion for people whose brains try to tell them something different. 

Mine has taken me to that deep dark hole more times that I care to remember.

I hope I have finally learned that I have to take my  meds or there will be trouble.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Nov 11, 2023 18:16:23 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Nov 11, 2023 18:09:40 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Bactine anti itch spray the same you buy for yourself works on dogs.

Leonard had itchy heat spots and in a moment of desperation to get him to stop scratching I rummaged in the medicine cabinet.

The vet said it was unorthodox but there is nothing in it that's toxic and if it prevented scratching keep on spraying.

Ok, I will get some of that. 

Right now, the bumps are gone again, but I’d like to have something on hand to help with the itching if it happens again.

Another thing you can try is topical Benedryl.  When I was having issues with sun (which went away as spontaneously as it appeared), I found the topical Benedryl was much, MUCH better than oral in alleviating the itch.

It can be hard to find in the drugstore though.  I finally found it near the calamine lotion/topical steroids, not with the antihistamines.  I guess that kinda makes sense, but it didn’t when I was wanting to scratch my skin off!

[Pink Cashmere]

Nov 11, 2023 19:14:35 GMT -5 finnime said:

I appreciate how you, Pink Cashmere , turn your thoughts and attention elsewhere when you are in a wild confused place yourself. Like, Boy. You shut aside all your anger and pain to focus on him. And you're reassuring us that you're not apt to harm yourself. I've been in that very dark place you mention and I'm glad you are not one who walks that path.

Well, even though I am very, very angry with Mister, Boy has nothing to do with that. So yes, of course I will act like I have some sense and talk with Mister about Boy and work with Mister to try to help him, regardless of what’s going on with Mister and I. 

Even though we are all just random people that talk in the internet, I genuinely care about most of you, and I feel like some of you genuinely care about me. So I don’t want to cause unnecessary worry when I say things like how I’d like to just disappear if I could, since I know that could be interpreted in a way that I don’t mean.

I am very sorry that you have been in that kind of dark place, and besides me being very glad that you are still here with us, I hope you understand that what I’ve said is not in any way me trying to negate or belittle people that have experienced and been through what you have. 

Anyway, you are always so kind to me and other posters on these boards, and I really do appreciate you.

[susana1954]

Nov 11, 2023 17:38:57 GMT -5 Opti said:

Nov 11, 2023 17:35:01 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

I hope it helps too. But I don’t think continuing to give him steroids is a good long term solution, unless it is absolutely necessary. He just finished a round of steroids about a week ago, after the vet visit from when he cut his paw on a glass that broke when he knocked it off the table in the breakfast nook. I’d rather figure out what is causing it, if we can, to try to prevent it happening in the first place.

Andi has a good point; do they have allergy meds for dogs? Maybe he is affected by something seasonal?

Oh, yes, they have allergy meds for dogs.  Abby, my cocker spaniel, had allergies as well as chronic ear aches.  And something with her eyes.

The allergy med (Apoquel) was really expensive . . . over $100 a month for just it.  When she died, I had just refilled the prescription a few days before.  I found someone whose dog was also taking it to give it to.  She cried because that was a month where she was short of money.

[Opti]

Nov 11, 2023 19:28:24 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Nov 11, 2023 18:34:46 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

I appreciate that you care enough that it matters that I clarified it.

I know enough about depression and mental health issues, to know that some people that are struggling, do have those thoughts, and even worse, act on them. I have nothing but compassion for people that feel like that is their only way out of the pain they are experiencing. 

But I can honestly say that even on my darkest days, my brain has never tricked me into thinking that was an option. I hope it is understandable that I can be very grateful for that and at the same time, still have compassion for people whose brains try to tell them something different. 

Mine has taken me to that deep dark hole more times that I care to remember.

I hope I have finally learned that I have to take my  meds or there will be trouble.

I'm glad you have learned how to take care of yourself especially if dark holes are a big probability.

[andi9899]

Nov 11, 2023 17:41:59 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Nov 11, 2023 17:34:20 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

It looks like hives. Did the medicine work? Pits have pretty difficult skin.

Whike she's not a dog, T1's skin is a constant battle. She breaks out in hives like that and takes a benadryl and they go away. It makes her pretty sleepy too though.

That’s what I was thinking, that it’s the doggie equivalent to hives in a human. 

They are starting to go away again. But they did the same last night too, before we called the vet and got the medicine.

Newbie has allergies too, but this has never happened with her. She mostly just gets red around her eyes and other parts of her face. 

I take Benadryl for my allergies, since it seems to work better for me than the other OTC allergy meds. I’ve tried them all. I am also the oddball that doesn’t get sleepy when I take Benadryl. But it definitely affects our dogs, they get sluggish and Newbie starts looking crazy like she doesn’t even know what planet she’s on.

I don't see why not,but ask the vet if they can take either zyrtek or Allegra. I don't know about Allegra, but I take zyrtek for my seasonal allergies and it doesn't make me sleepy. Maybe another antihistamine will work.

[andi9899]

Nov 11, 2023 18:09:40 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Bactine anti itch spray the same you buy for yourself works on dogs.

Leonard had itchy heat spots and in a moment of desperation to get him to stop scratching I rummaged in the medicine cabinet.

The vet said it was unorthodox but there is nothing in it that's toxic and if it prevented scratching keep on spraying.

Good to know. I'll have to try it on Luna.

[Pink Cashmere]

Nov 11, 2023 19:20:17 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Nov 11, 2023 18:53:45 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Mister just asked me if I’ve seen an Amazon toy catalogue. Why yes, I have. It sat on the kitchen table for at least a week, along with the piles of mail that nobody sorts but me. A few days ago, I cleared the table and sorted the mail and threw away everything that wasn’t first class mail, and put his and his daughters’ mail on his desk and mine on my desk, like I always do. So I threw the catalogue away.

Mister said Kiddo and Mister’s niece had circled what they wanted for Christmas in the catalogue. I asked, if it was important to you, why didn’t you put it on your desk or somewhere, instead of leaving it on the table for so long, when you know how I handle the mail SINCE I’M THE ONLY PERSON THAT GOES THROUGH THE PILES AND SORTS IT OUT? Crickets.

Idk if he feels like I was wrong, and I don’t care. I’ve made it clear that if  you leave random shit laying around the house and it looks like trash to me, Imma throw it away. I’m not completely crazy, so if it looks like something valuable, I will put it in the room of the person it belongs to, and just be irritated. But if it looks like trash, Imma put it in the trash. After 4.5 years, that should be clear and obvious. So if a random catalogue had value to you, you shouldn’t have left it on the kitchen table for over a week (I really think it was over 2 weeks, but that’s embarrassing to say, how long the table was a mess), with all the other junk and piles of mail that nobody was going to deal with, but me. I don’t throw away his cigar catalogues, I put them on his desk with the rest of his mail, because I know he likes cigars and must have gotten on their mailing lists on purpose. How tf was I supposed to know that a random Amazon catalogue was more special than all the others that I regularly throw away?

I've thought this before, but haven't commented. this post nailed it for me - I feel like Mister thinks you're gonna run admin for his life like his mom did for Mr Messy. bc you're his lady, and that's how shit works in his brain.

First of all, no apologies necessary for your post before this one.

I need to sort my thoughts out some more before I can honestly respond to this post. That doesn’t mean that you are wrong in what you said or that I am offended (I definitely am not), it just means that even when I am venting because I am upset and angry, I still try to be honest. So I don’t want to go off on a tangent and say things that I am just feeling in this moment, that aren’t necessarily true when I am calm enough to try to look at things objectively.

I hope that makes sense. And I hope I made it clear that I am not at all offended by you saying something that you’ve been thinking for some time now, nor am I saying I want you to stop being honest about your thoughts and opinions. I don’t want you to do that, at all.

But my adult beverages haven’t kicked in so much that I don’t care what I say, and that is what I am being mindful of right now. And why I said before, that I should probably stop posting for the night lol.

[Pink Cashmere]

Nov 11, 2023 19:28:24 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Nov 11, 2023 18:34:46 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

I appreciate that you care enough that it matters that I clarified it.

I know enough about depression and mental health issues, to know that some people that are struggling, do have those thoughts, and even worse, act on them. I have nothing but compassion for people that feel like that is their only way out of the pain they are experiencing. 

But I can honestly say that even on my darkest days, my brain has never tricked me into thinking that was an option. I hope it is understandable that I can be very grateful for that and at the same time, still have compassion for people whose brains try to tell them something different. 

Mine has taken me to that deep dark hole more times that I care to remember.

I hope I have finally learned that I have to take my  meds or there will be trouble.

[NastyWoman]

Pink Cashmere I will start with admitting that I don't have a pet but I have an idea, which may be completely silly, regarding finding the source of Boy's hives. 

You mention that Boy has these bumps in the morning, then they get worse before disappearing by the evening. Have you considered the timing of this when looking for the source? It looks to me that it has to be something he is exposed to during the night but either not at all or very little during the day. Has his dog bed recently been washed? Not washed for a long time? Is his sleeping place below an open window that has a specific plant in front of it (pollen?)? Anything else that comes to mind? 

As a truly lazy person, formerly known as the hardest working lazy person in the world, I always try to get the shortest route to a solution and only broaden my "research" if that does not get me what I want

[chiver78]

Nov 11, 2023 19:56:40 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Nov 11, 2023 19:20:17 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

I've thought this before, but haven't commented. this post nailed it for me - I feel like Mister thinks you're gonna run admin for his life like his mom did for Mr Messy. bc you're his lady, and that's how shit works in his brain.

First of all, no apologies necessary for your post before this one.

I need to sort my thoughts out some more before I can honestly respond to this post. That doesn’t mean that you are wrong in what you said or that I am offended (I definitely am not), it just means that even when I am venting because I am upset and angry, I still try to be honest. So I don’t want to go off on a tangent and say things that I am just feeling in this moment, that aren’t necessarily true when I am calm enough to try to look at things objectively.

I hope that makes sense. And I hope I made it clear that I am not at all offended by you saying something that you’ve been thinking for some time now, nor am I saying I want you to stop being honest about your thoughts and opinions. I don’t want you to do that, at all.

But my adult beverages haven’t kicked in so much that I don’t care what I say, and that is what I am being mindful of right now. And why I said before, that I should probably stop posting for the night lol.

yup, we're good. I'm also about to stop posting bc I've wound down enough that I feel like my already minimal tact filter is gone. I hop you have a peaceful night and can get some rest.

[Pink Cashmere]

I know some of you don’t believe in God, and I’m not interested in trying to convince anybody here to do anything else, but I swear “ ‘fore Cheese and Crackers” that what I am writing really happened.

I was sitting in the garage with my adult beverage, because I was trying to avoid being anywhere near Mister. I was lifting my beverage to sip, when I heard what couldn’t have been any clearer if there was another person sitting beside me that said it, “You know this is not what you want your life to be like”.

I kid you not. If someone else had been in the garage with me, I might have asked “What did you just say”, that’s just how clear and real it was. It actually kind of unnerved me, because I knew I was alone in the garage.

So I immediately gathered my stuff, and came inside and took a shower. I didn’t even get to a good buzz, but I am done with the adult beverages, because the answers I need to try to fix my life aren’t at the bottom of some bottles. And if I feel a need to drink to try to numb myself, that means I have some real problems in my life that I need to address.

Because I was uncooperative about going out tonight, Mister ordered dinner to be delivered. I am going to eat, and relax in bed, and hopefully go to sleep at a reasonable hour.

I will be drinking water for the rest of the night.

[busymom]

Nov 11, 2023 15:54:49 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Nov 11, 2023 15:26:46 GMT -5 busymom said:

I agree with "a man is not a plan".  Remind me to share that phrase with DD, even though she's newly engaged.  

My Mom was older than my Dad, and still managed to outlive him by 12 years.  A girl has to have a plan for herself.  

like DQ, I think my mom taught me a little too well. I'm still single, and likely to stay that way. well, maybe have a fun friend that lives somewhere else and I have my nice quiet space without being bothered. lol... 

my Nana was 4y older than my grandfather (she actually refused to have her birth year inscribed on their headstone while she was alive, b/c she didn't want anyone to know!) and lived to the ripe old age of 88. my grandfather passed from cancer when my mom was a kid, so mom grew up watching Nana handle herself as a single woman and getting it all done. I'm still trying to figure out how she found herself married with 2 kids by age 26 with how she raised the two of us kids. 

    I've been VERY real with DD about what marriage is all about.  I was worried that I'd scared her off from considering getting married, but she met a really nice guy.  But, she still acts like a career woman, so hopefully she'll do a good job with navigating any difficulties in the future.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

working on Xmas cards
put on a movie but I cannot remember what it's called. 
It has Rene Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr. 

[Pink Cashmere]

Nov 11, 2023 20:08:42 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Pink Cashmere I will start with admitting that I don't have a pet but I have an idea, which may be completely silly, regarding finding the source of Boy's hives. 

You mention that Boy has these bumps in the morning, then they get worse before disappearing by the evening. Have you considered the timing of this when looking for the source? It looks to me that it has to be something he is exposed to during the night but either not at all or very little during the day. Has his dog bed recently been washed? Not washed for a long time? Is his sleeping place below an open window that has a specific plant in front of it (pollen?)? Anything else that comes to mind? 

As a truly lazy person, formerly known as the hardest working lazy person in the world, I always try to get the shortest route to a solution and only broaden my "research" if that does not get me what I want

Your questions to try to help narrow down the cause make sense, thank you.

I have been kind of crazy since yesterday morning, so all I know for sure is that the bumps didn’t appear for the first time until late afternoon yesterday. By late last night, they were mostly gone.

He didn’t sleep on his bed last night, he slept with Mister, on a bed with him in another bedroom. I’m not sure exactly when the bumps reappeared this morning, when Mister brought Boy in the bedroom and asked me to look at him, they’d been up for at least an hour, and Boy had been outside. When Mister lets the dogs out first thing in the morning, Boy won’t move away from the door unless Mister goes outside too. So because Mister went outside with Boy this morning, he is sure that Boy was only outside long enough to pee and poop, and didn’t get into anything while he was outside.

I will use your way of thinking and pay close attention to when it happens and where he was before that, to try to figure out what is bothering him so badly. Thank you for giving me guidance on trying to figure it out.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Watched Charlotte chase Wilbur in the yard.

She caught him and rolled his butt across the grass.

Charlotte is fast when she apparently wants to be. I could see the hunter in her.

Wilbur hid behind the garbage can like a chicken. He can dish it out but not take it.🤣

[countrygirl2]

My husbands step niece it would be, asked on facebook what was something she should to do prepare for her future. She has had a boyfriend for some time that doesn't look like he would be right for her. Maybe he is but whatever. I told her the best thing she could do for herself is get a good education. That way no matter whatever happened in her life she could take care of herself. She worked as a paralegal for awhile but decided to go back to college, she got her RN like her mom. Smart move. They are getting married next spring but have already bought a house together and she just got a new car. I have a feeling grandmother may be helping them as she is quite well off. I hope she is, all the kids here have their own homes and are doing well and they aren't that old. But I like to see that kind of help when parents can instead of making kids suffer. Mine helped as much as they could and I appreciate it.

My education helped us a lot and would have more if I could have continued working. But still it sure did and I have no regrets getting it. Our son has a degree too, but earned it all on his own from his military service. 

Everyone is in bed but me. DD is tucked in, the kitties were hungry so they are tucked in their room. Hubs gets up so early he was in bed at 8:30. I just finished darning some socks of mine, I have a big callus, by design, under where I should have an arch so it helps raise that area and it rubs on the socks and wears them through faster against the orthotic, they are heavy, expensive socks and I like them so mend them when needed. They add a lot of cushioning to my feet and help them not hurt so bad.

It is unbelievable weather here in the 60's for the next week. I just read we are 9 inches short of rain here, that I certainly believe. That is not good.

[countrygirl2]

Those whelps look like hives to me also. Did the dog get anything out of the trash can, that he should not have eaten?

I'm watching a Dolph Lungren movie, The Offender, soon as its over I'm going to bed, I'm tired. May go before its over.

[aricia]

Nov 11, 2023 19:25:41 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Nov 11, 2023 19:06:55 GMT -5 jerseygirl said:

Read description of Boy’s skin but when I saw the photo! Ooow poor doggie, hoping he recovers soon

Ikr! I included the photo, because I didn’t think I had the words to describe it accurately. And seeing his whole body this morning, was actually even worse than what’s on the photo.  That is why the first thought this morning, was to take him to the pet ER, and it was still an option after I suggested we call his vet first, if his vet wasn’t helpful. 

He threw up the Benadryl Mister gave him this morning. Then he threw up again later. I’d forgotten that part until now. Idk what that means, but if he keeps throwing up, we will call the vet again. 

Thank you! The bumps are mostly gone for now, and he is acting normal. But I’m not sure that they won’t come back, since they mostly went away last night too. 

Bug or insect bites can cause an allergic reaction with hives in dogs. Not sure of all the timing but they may have initially gone away because of the Benadryl.