Ok so here's the story...sorry it's a little long.
This August our Mastiff mix George was out playing in the yard and we heard him yipe, run across the yard and then collapse. By the time we got out there he was back up again, but he was a little pale and wobbly so we immediatly took him to the emergency clinic.
They looked and him and said he seemed ok, but wanted to keep him overnight and put a catheter in him just in case and run some bloodwork. The vet thought maybe he might have been stung by a bee but we weren't sure. He was fine overnight and my boyfriend picked him up the next morning. They said his bloodwork was fine and he hadn't had an episode. In fact he had sat out in reception with the front desk staff. (He was a clinic favorite.)
When I got home that day I called him in from the yard and he came in, collapsed and died in my arms in the kitchen. This all took place in like 5 minutes. He collapsed, had agonal breathing and lost ALL the color in his mucous membranes....and I mean bone white.
Needles to say we were devestated and shocked. I called my regular vet (who is amazing) and he said he thinks he got stung the first day and then stung again the next day and that threw him into anaphalyctic shock....a devestating allergic reaction. In hindsight I guess the emergency vet should have told us to keep him away from bees just in case, but hind sight is 20/20 right?
Has anyone else experienced this with their dogs or heard of it happening? I'm trying to find out some more information on this phenomena.
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