Archive for July 13th, 2009

This was supposed to be published on our dog’s blog, but I didn’t change the blog on Live Writer and published it here. I decided to leave it here as well. Just cuz.

http://topazseizures.blogspot.com/

I really hope this isn’t going to be a long year with the seizures.

Topaz had another 2 Grand Mals tonight. I believe they started at 11:30pm ish. it was kind of hectic and I wasn’t able to see a clock right away. It was 11:35 when I looked at the clock…

I was making my lunch for tomorrow (Salmon, if that has anything to do with anything…the possible fish connection I made a few months ago) and Topaz went running down the hall to see my husband, which was kind of odd. Not that he’s never done so before, but it was just odd. Then he came my way and kind of staggered near the dining room table and then I knew, this wasn’t normal…so I was prepared and called my husband down to help.

He definitely foamed a heck of a lot more than usual this time. The first was fairly short, he kind of came around and then went right into the second one. It was a little nosier than the first and he was really contorted into a horrible position. Seeing a dog seize is not a pretty picture!

A few other things:

• he didn’t urinate on himself during either seizure
• more foaming than normal
• loud crying noises
• post ictal has been long, he’s still not ok (this was written over an hour later)

We called the e-vet and they suggested we bring him in. As you may or may not know, e-vets are super expensive and we only have xx amount of dollars available to use and well, it was definitely going to be more than that. They suggested we maybe bring him in and they could treat him outpatient.

We decided to keep and eye on him and call his vet first thing in the morning. If he has another one tonight, we will take him in for sure though.

I don’t know what else they can do at this point but up his medication. He may just need to be a bit ataxic in order to function with minimal seizures. Lots of epileptic dogs are like that.

I think we may have his thyroid tested again too, just to rule that completely out. Oh and we need to review the ice pack position. I am going to print that out now!

After the seizure we took him outside and I gave him some Bryer’s all natural vanilla which he loved, and also some Rescue Remedy. I also gave him 2 gr of PB tonight and we upped his KBr back to 1.5ml. I am gonna have the hubbs ask the vet about upping that back up anyways.

Hopefully this doesn’t continue. I hate to have to write these blogs…especially back to back.

*sigh* going to reset the ticker. My poor puppa!

But I will catch up tomorrow.

Today wasn’t the best of days.

I slipped getting out of the shower on Friday before work and hit my back on the toilet on the way down. OUCH! I had a really sore weekend, but I am so much better now. Thank God. And my husband did a great job taking care of me and dealing with my hurty, crabby ass. Thanks a lot, hun! (heh, I KNOW he reads this!)

THEN…tonight, our poor epileptic puppa, Topaz, has not one but 2 Grand Mal seizures. They were a few hours apart, but both were weird and not the norm…which worries me a bit. We’re gonna keep an eye on him and hope and PRAY he doesn’t have another one anytime soon! Poor P!

So basically, I spent my weekend on some killer pain meds and sleep aids, and just crabby! YEAH…great weekend.

Ugh, it’s back to work tomorrow! At least it’s a pay week and I get to play with some of the money…woo hoo! I already have a little list going.

• External “A” drive (I have a TON of pictures on Floppy disks (I had a Sony Mavica) and need to transfer them to CD…but the PC we have doesn’t even HAVE an “A” drive! LOL)
• Blank CD’s for the pictures!
• USB hub for my desk…too many USB type things, not enough ports!
• Something to hold papers! (So stupid, but good lord, I could use this!)
• New Glasses!

I think I’m forgetting something…but that’s all I can remember right now. It’s written down and in my iPod case.

Also, I want to do some home improvement type things…a gutter for the front of our house, a new storm door on the back…a new towel bar for the bathroom since I pulled the one we have down off the dam wall! LOL

Hopefully nothing comes up between now and then and I can play with some of this money. New things are fun! LOL I need a bit of retail therapy in my life!

Anyways, if anyone out there is reading this…hope you had a better weekend than I did, and have a great week!