Bites/Stings?

Last year Tessa had a bad allergic reaction to something, and her entire face swelled up with her eyes swollen shut. I raced her to the vet, the tech said she looked like a shar-pei mix. They gave her a shot of steroids and kept her there until closing to make sure she didn't develop problems breathing. Today, we had a similar reaction. Tessa's eyes were swollen shut and her lips were a bit thicker than normal. It wasn't as bad as last year, and I was somewhat calmer about it since she never developed complications last year. I gave her a prednisone and benedryl and have been watching her all day. The swelling has already gone down and is about half what it was when I noticed it. Last year it happened on March 22nd, so the same type of the year as last time. I think I'm going to keep an eye out for it next year!!!

Here is a picture I took after Tessa got home last year. The swelling had gone down a lot by then.


(oh, last year the vet said it was probably from a sting or bite of an insect. Hence me posting here, if that wasn't obvious lol)

Several bees have already tried to pollinate Rafi today! He must look like a giant strawberry! He got very excited about the last one and tried to eat it. Every gsd I have had has been obsessed with catching insects! Massie used to go out in the grass and hunt for them. She would spend hours stalking and flushing them out and then chasing them around and eating them! She loved bees! She was stung so many times but only swelled up once (on a backpacking trip in the middle of nowhere) and luckily it went down quickly.