First health scare!

[Meredith Spencer]

I knew the day was coming ad I'm grateful to say its now behind me! Yesterday I found a nasty blood blister looking welt on Georgia's soft belly - of course I got really scared! Started researching hernias and all sorts of sores, which of course made my heat start spinning and my heart racing - my lovely vet got me in almost immediately, turns out a mean old spider gave her a nasty bite that got infected! We got some antibiotics to help it heal quicker.  Looks like I'm going to need to keep a better eye out for creepy crawlies in my backyard... Just glad my first scare is over, and that I know I can trust my vet! So much more confident now about my ability to keep her safe and happy :) any others have stories about their first vet scare ever? And advice for how to handle situations?

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Glad it wasn't anything more serious and hope everyone is doing better today!

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

So glad Georgia is ok! Nasty spiders!

im having a bit of a worry with Cooper - she never vomits and rarely has diarrhea. Since she was over-vaccinated a month ago (the vet gave her DA2PP plus lepto instead of just lepto, she had the DA2PP 4 months before) she has vomited 3 times and had diarrhea about 6 times (she had the booster a thursday) 

[Pat and Traveler]

Yuk!  Spider bite!  I wouldn't have expected that.  My first scare turned out to be embarrassing.  Trav was all hunched over, wouldn't walk, obviously in pain.  What I didn't know was that his 'red rocket' had gotten stuck in the out position, which apparently can happen with dogs who have a lot of hair to impede the action.  I didn't see the rocket, so rushed him to the vet, not knowing what was causing his pain.  Of course, by the time we got there, the situation had fixed itself.  After an expensive battery of tests, we were sent home with the vet saying he really had no idea what caused a pain attack.  The next time it happened, I did notice the rocket, and jumped on the net to see if I could find anything about this situation.  There was both information and advice--it's a situation that usually fixes itself in a few minutes, and some intimate area clipping is a wise thing to do.  Dang!