To dog or not to dog

Well, we are in a waiting game right now (waiting for test results) to determine if Roman is allergic to dogs. Can you even imagine? Could be a sad day for Daddy if the results are positive. We started puppy-sitting for a friend (what was planned to be a pretty long stay) last Saturday. By Sunday afternoon poor Romans face was all blotchy and red. Then the runny nose, watery eyes....by Monday our poor little guys eyes were puffy too. A trip to the doctor on Tuesday and a blood test later we are expecting to get results Mon/Tues of next week. Testing for quite a few things so hopefully we arrive at some reason for the reaction. We started giving him Zyrtek to help the symptoms and on Friday morning mommy took Roman to grandmas house to get him away from the dog. Sadly, the only other time I ever saw a similar reaction on him was after visiting with friends in Boston who also have a dog. That time it never progressed to more than blotchy red spots that were gone after three days. I had hoped that it might have just been a skin sensitivity to the dog saliva since most of the spots then were where he got a few good doggie kisses. Looks like I may be wrong. We've been away from the dog/house for over 24-hours and Romans face already looks worlds better. Coincidence? We'll see! Below are pics of Roman four days after dog came (and a full day on Zyrtek) ...and the other is the potential cause ;-)





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