And, Now the Drooling

Oh, the fun with adverse vaccine reactions and treatment side-effects continues. Poor Lilly. Always the dainty thing, while still being a rough-and-tumble mountain girl, Lilly now drools like you would NOT believe.

Ginko has always been a big drooler, especially when he watches us eat, but now Lilly has added her own faucet to the drooling chorus … leaving her legs, our feet, the floor, and anything else in the way a dripping mess.

It’s yet another side-effect from the steroids she is taking for the meningoencephalomyelitis / meningoencephalitis (inflammation of the brain and lining of the brain and spinal cord) after an adverse reaction to a rabies vaccine.

Oh, joy!

Unlike many of the other treatment side-effects that *should* get better as we can wean Lilly off certain medications in the coming months (we hope), our family veterinarian says that often the drooling becomes a learned behavior (remember Pavlov) and never goes away.

Granted, Lilly’s brand of drool is NOTHING like breeds famous for slobber, but still. It’s pretty icky.

So, if I’m a little damp the next time you see me, you’ll know why.