Kaboom!

Mom came home last night to find me high as a kite off gas fumes from the stove. She thinks my new walker, Omar, accidentally hit the knob on the stove so that the gas was just pouring into the apartment since he left at 1pm. Mom was so funny as she frantically ran around opening windows and the door to air out the apartment. She ran right, she ran left. Mom is a fast runner, did you know that? Zoooooom! I kept up with her though, hopping with excitement and trying to figure out why I was seeing three of her at one time.

Next she examined the stove to find the dial for the left rear burner was turned to "Medium". In order to see if the pilot light was still on she lit one of the burners. Glenn says we could have been Roman Candles and that it wasn't too smart for mom to turn on the stove. What's a Roman Candle?

Mom called the vet to tell them about the gas, but when she noticed that I had funny large bumps all over me, we didn't even wait for them to call us back! We headed straight to their office about 10 blocks away. Mom knew they were closing soon and would not get back to us in time for me to be seen, so we barreled our way in and mom demanded that the doctor check me out. She really showed her true New Yorker side, not taking "no" for an answer.

The vet, Dr. S, told mom that the bumps were hives and that it was probably not from being exposed to the gas, but some sort of bite from a spider or other insect. He gave me some steroids and antihistamine, telling mom to also give me some Benadryl today as a follow up. Dr. S did a Pulse/Ox test on me too and took my temperature. Wah! That thermometer is COLD! Everything was normal, so he told mom that she should just keep an eye on me and let them know if anything else develops.

Once I got back home, my high had gone away so my next focus was on...dinner!