Bailey's Allergies Are Back

The ceiling above me is rapidly thumping as Bailey pounds the floor trying to scratch her belly. Her late summer allergies are back.

Every year, we somehow lull ourselves into believing that they might be gone this year. After all, we got through July without them reappearing. I mean, summer's nearly over by the second week of August, so we made it right? Nope.

She's been on allergy shots for 2 or 3 years now and they've helped cut down on it, but we're still in for about 4-6 weeks of her pretty much scratching constantly while conscious and putting a spastic floor drumming beat into the soundtrack of our lives.

I'm sure in a few days we'll be giving her regular baths in soothing shampoos and dosing her with Benadryl (what the vet recommends) and otherwise just trying to circumvent her reaction to whatever she lays in during the day that causes this.

And, for the record, she's allergic to TONS of stuff, including, ironically enough, cats.