browndog_09
(6/52) you are part of everything...
the dogs and i had a wonderful hike on thursday, my birthday. i couldn't have asked for a better way to spend part of my special day!!
on tuesday, alice had another seizure... her worst so far. this makes six episodes total and it has been exactly one year since the first. what made this one worse was that it lasted several minutes with no signs of it stopping, and she lost some control of her bladder (which has never happened before, and she was quite mortified about when she finally came to. it was really sad). thankfully it happened while we were at work, and we were able to intervene with valium to get the seizure to stop. i could deal with one episode every other month, but can not deal with the fact that she's not coming out of these seizures without valium. if she were to have one while i wasn't with her, she could quite likely seizure to the point of brain damage or death... so now it's time to make a decision about anti-seizure medication. there are so many pros and cons that would take too long for me to post here. i know that she needs to be on something, but i am not really happy with any of the options.
we have exhausted all of the diagnostics available except for the mri and spinal tap, except for an extensive thyroid test. next week we will do that, on the off chance that it's a low thyroid hormone level causing her seizures. it's rare, but it happens. if that comes back clear, then it's on to the meds that she will have to take for the rest of her life... why do bad things always happen to good dogs?
(6/52) you are part of everything...
the dogs and i had a wonderful hike on thursday, my birthday. i couldn't have asked for a better way to spend part of my special day!!
on tuesday, alice had another seizure... her worst so far. this makes six episodes total and it has been exactly one year since the first. what made this one worse was that it lasted several minutes with no signs of it stopping, and she lost some control of her bladder (which has never happened before, and she was quite mortified about when she finally came to. it was really sad). thankfully it happened while we were at work, and we were able to intervene with valium to get the seizure to stop. i could deal with one episode every other month, but can not deal with the fact that she's not coming out of these seizures without valium. if she were to have one while i wasn't with her, she could quite likely seizure to the point of brain damage or death... so now it's time to make a decision about anti-seizure medication. there are so many pros and cons that would take too long for me to post here. i know that she needs to be on something, but i am not really happy with any of the options.
we have exhausted all of the diagnostics available except for the mri and spinal tap, except for an extensive thyroid test. next week we will do that, on the off chance that it's a low thyroid hormone level causing her seizures. it's rare, but it happens. if that comes back clear, then it's on to the meds that she will have to take for the rest of her life... why do bad things always happen to good dogs?