Allergic Reaction to Vaccinations

[Louis]

Hi All,

I'm new at this forum, infact- i'm a new parent of a wonderful little frenchie( LOUIS). I would like to get a feedback from anyone who could help me with my frenchie. I took him last night for his routine vaccinations. (DHLP-5-1 and Bordatella). Within one hour of his vaccinations, he trow up all of his food and at first I thought because he was playing hard, but then after a few seconds more food came out. I then, gave him a pedialyte to restore his electrolytes, but things just got worse right before my eye. His eyes got blood shot red and then he got so SWOLLEN his entire head was so huge, he could barely see and soon after that within 10 minutes his entire body got this disgusting hives.
I rushed him to the emergeny and the doctor told me that he had a sudden reaction from the Vaccinations. And gave him some steroids.

This morning, his face is so pale and he is bruised on his face, his legs and tummy. is this normanl?

Does anyone had this happened to their frenchie??

Also, I am planning to have him(louis) get nutured when he turn 4 months old, but my fear now is the anesthesia that they might use, since he displayed this devastating allergic reaction. Any word of advice the kind of anesthesia I might mention to the VET???

Thank you for taking the time to read this and give your advise.

best,
LOUIS

[Louis]

It's Louis second day after the severe reaction from vaccinations, he is starting to get better, but last night his tummy got so big, i think from gas, I called up the vet late last night and told me that it's from an intestinal upset due to not eating. But this morning I'm still monitoring him and will keep everyone an update.

PS-thanks Roosje for your warm welcome in this forum. Much appreciated appicon

[Olivier]

Welcome to the board Louis :)
Sorry to hear about the allergic reaction your dog has. About anesthesia: I don't know if this applies for French bulldogs but for some other breeds, like boxers, acepromazine can be very dangerous and should be avoided.
I know more about boxers than I do about French bulldogs and they also have many kind of allergies. You might want take a look to the Health forum at http://boxerworld.com/forums
Direct link is http://www.boxerworld.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7 and there are about 50,000 health related posts there. It's not a problem if you do not own a boxer. Of course, we want you back here :)
Good luck!

Olly

[Louis]

Hi All,

OLLY- thanks so much for the information. I printed it for my own reference and it is very helpful. I do hope that NO one will experience this horrible incident EVER!!!... It is extremely scary and there was a point that I thought he will die, but luckily he survived this ordeal!

As for his tummy, it's back to normal. He had this abnormal gas and what I did was gave him little food then as soon as there were no signs of vomiting.... I then,gave him his food and guess what?!?! he ate like a HORSE!!! I could just imagine how hungry he must have been. These past two days, I was monitoring him day in and day out. I'm very exhausted and at least I can now take a deep breath and relax for once... What an experience!!

And as for the bruising, I called the vet again today just to be on the safe side and they told me that it will be there for a while. And Louis is still on Benadryl till tomorrow. I will keep everyone updated and also, will post if I found some information, exactly what triggered this.

Best,
Louis

[Louis]

Check this site: http://petplace.netscape.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=3065

This is exactly what happened to myn boy ( Louis). You could just imagine his tiny head got so HUGE! the image is a bit disturbing.

Hope this helps. Will do more research and hopefully this info might save someone from going thru this dilema.

Louis

[Martina]

Welcome and I'm so glad that little Louis is feeling better. Sounds like you had a horrible scare there. I'm glad that site Olly recommeneded helped (I'll give it a look see in a moment). Roosje is right ... the best thing to do is make sure that you have a vet who very familiar with frenchies (preferably) or flat-face dogs in general. And, in your case, someone very familiar with allergies. Good Luck!