Woke up this morning to Henry barking….at nothing. An hour later in the car
heading toward Houston I glanced over my shoulder and thought  “Henry’s maken’ faces again! (Something he does now and then in the back seat to amuse himself and me.)
The funny face turned out to be a huge swollen left lip with two small puncture marks centered in the swell. Frantic calls to 411 and a local vet (should we call 911?) found us at Baytown Animal Hospital and a confirmation of my fears. “Yep, David your dogs been snake bit. Might have been a copperhead or water moccasin, not many rattlers round these parts…. “ Two shots, a bottle of antibiotics and $65.00 later we were on our way again. By the next morning the swelling was gone and Henry was looking like his old self again.