Evening Seizure

19:30 This time I was asleep in my bed again.  Dad had to tip me out of my bed as I'd ended up half in and half out.

This is getting a bit too regular and mum and dad are frustrated that they can't get me to a doctor on a Sunday.

Lunchtime Seizure

13:30 I was laying in my bed fast asleep when the convulsions started again.

Exactly the same as the previous times - convusions, pacing, toilet, food and a confused and disorrientated hour later before I was back to myself.

This time I messed in the kitchen and then more embarrasment as I steped in my poop and then paced it all over the kitchen floor!  Mum was understanding and moped it all up and changed my bedding again.  I'm sure they're running out of towels by now.

Another Seizure

Because of my previous seizures mum and dad let me sleep on the floor in there bedroom.  This was a real treat as I don't usually get away with it. I'm a people dog and like being with them.

05:00 I woke mum and dad up having another seizure - apparently it looks real scary me thrashing about and snapping my jaws.

The embarrassing part is that when I have one a little wee sprays out, so it was lucky mum put a towel down for me to lie on.

After the initial seizure my post seizure actions seem strange. Still confused and scared but now also in desperate need of the toilet and food. I paced around wildly and a little uncoordinated and this strange person who looked like dad wouldn't let me go down the stairs.  So I peed and pooped on the floor in the bedroom!

When I was a little more coordinated dad took me downstairs and I ravenously ate everything left in my bowl and had a big drink of water.

It still took me an hour to recognise mum and dad as I was still so confused from the seizure.

Still Unhappy

23:30 As I'm asleep in my bed again another seizure starts.  Thankfully they happen when I'm sleeping safely somewhere - aparently some get seizures when awake and walking around.  Thankfully being asleep and in a comfy place means there's not much that I can hurt myself on.

Well it happened again...

18:30 Mum was just about to go out.  She was all dressed up looking and smelling nice.  I was in the bedroom with dad, asleep whilst he worked on the computer - he's always there.

Then the convulsions started and dad moved me away from things I could knock against.  When I came to I was very confused and scared.  I looked over at dad and really didn't see him as who he was.  I was so scared of him I growled very meaningfully that whoever he was should back off and leave me alone.

Once I'd paced around a while I calmed down and realised he meant no harm, I then went into an hour long fog of confusion.  It's like I was no longer scared of things, but I didn't recognise anyone or understand what they were saying.

After a bit of sleep I was back to my old self.  No one would know anything strange had happened.

Mum came home late all giddy and wobbly and smelling funny.  She was hugging me and crying and I didn't know why.

First Scary Event

08:30 Well something strange and scary happened this morning.  I was lying fast asleep in my bed in the kitchen and scared Blaine as he came into the kitchen for breakfast by shaking uncontrollably, convulsing and rolling my eyes, gnashing my teeth and foaming at the mouth.

By the time mum and dad got to me I was breathing heavily and looking confused and scared, not recognising anyone around me.

Mum tried to wipe the slobber from my face but I didn't know who she was or what she was trying to do, that towel looked scary, so I growled at her menacingly - I must have been out of it, as I'd never normally behave like that.

They left me alone and called the doctor to see what should be done.

After an hour of being really bewildered I then came out of it and realised I knew where I was and who my family were.  They were making such a fuss and I couldn't understand why, I'd just woken up.

At the Veterinary Surgery

They then took me to see the doctor who gave me a checkup and although I'd only just met him he got quite personal and took my temperature and listened to my heart.  Then it was time for a needle to take some blood.

Now I'm a big girl and look quite scary, so I understand why the doctor wanted me to wear a muzzle.  I've never had to wear one but I let him do it any way.  He took the blood from my right foreleg and I never even made a sound.

Now the doctor said I should rest up and not get excited that day but when I'm in the car it usually means walkies.  I was disappointed to just go home.

Seizure History

Sunday, 12 December 2011 19:00	24 Days
Monday, 24 November 2011 --:--	52 Days
Tuesday, 4 October 2011 05:15	0 Days
Tuesday, 4 October 2011 03:50	0 Days
Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:50	0 Days
Monday, 3 October 2011 22:00	29 Days
Monday, 5 September 2011 19:15	0 Days
Monday, 5 September 2011 13:30	0 Days
Monday, 5 September 2011 05:45	0 Days
Sunday, 4 September 2011 19:15	0 Days
Sunday, 4 September 2011 01:20	44 Days
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:00	1 Days
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:20	43 Days
Monday, 6 June 2011 07:00	42 Days
Monday, 25 April 2011 07:00	33 Days
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:45	10 Days
Saturday, 12 March 2011 16:45	0 Days
Saturday, 12 March 2011 14:45	0 Days
Saturday, 12 March 2011 10:45	22 Days
Saturday, 12 March 2011 07:00	0 Days
Saturday, 12 February 2011 12:55	2 Days
Thursday, 10 March 2011 13:00	3 Days
Monday, 7 March 2011 20:40	22 Days
Sunday, 13 February 2011 20:00	0 Days
Sunday, 13 February 2011 12:55	0 Days
Sunday, 13 February 2011 03:40	42 Days
Saturday, 1 January 2011 ##:##	0 Days
Friday, 31 December 2010 19:45	0 Days
Friday, 31 December 2010 14:30	0 Days
Friday, 31 December 2010 08:00	1 Day
Thursday, 30 December 2010 07:25	1 Day
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 05:45	1 Day
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:15	2 Days
Sunday, 26 December 2010 09:00	3 Months, 19 Days
Tuesday, 7 September 2010 20:30	1 Days
Monday, 6 September 2010 20:00	8 Days
Saturday, 28 August 2010 14:30	0 Days
Saturday, 28 August 2010 03:30	0 Days
Friday, 27 August 2010 20:30	0 Days
Friday, 27 August 2010 14:30	0 Days
Friday, 27 August 2010 01:25	0 Days
Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:15	15 Days
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 21:15	0 Days
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 11:00	14 Days
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:25	0 Days
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 21:25	0 Days
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:30	3 Days
Saturday, 24 July 2010 00:15	0 Days
Thursday, 23 July 2010 21:15	19 Days
Thursday, 4 July 2010 11:30	0 Days
Saturday, 3 June 2010 ??:??	1 Days
Thursday, 1 July 2010 20:40	30 Days
Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:15	1 Days
Monday, 31 May 2010 18:45	0 Days
Monday, 31 May 2010 05:15	7 Days
Monday, 24 May 2010 20:45	9 Days
Friday, 15 May 2010 19:45	1 Days
Thursday, 13 May 2010 18:00	16 Days
Wednesday, 29 April 2010 20:55	3 Days
Sunday, 25 April 2010 17:30	15 Days
Saturday, 10 April 2010 21:45	76 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 13:35	0 Days
Sunday, 24 January 2010 --:--	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 19:00	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 15:00	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 13:35	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 11:25	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 09:15	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 07:05	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 03:00	0 Days
Saturday, 23 January 2010 01:30	0 Days
Friday, 22 January 2010 23:55	0 Days
Friday, 22 January 2010 21:10	0 Days
Friday, 22 January 2010 16:05	0 Days
Friday, 22 January 2010 12:40	44 Days
Tuesday, 9 December 2009 05:30	0 Days
Monday, 8 December 2009 22:30	0 Days
Monday, 8 December 2009 18:45	0 Days
Monday, 8 December 2009 07:30	0 Days
Monday, 8 December 2009 04:00	0 Days
Monday, 8 December 2009 01:30	0 Days
Monday, 7 December 2009 22:40	0 Days
Monday, 7 December 2009 19:20	0 Days
Monday, 7 December 2009 16:00	0 Days
Monday, 7 December 2009 14:00	0 Days
Monday, 7 December 2009 06:00	0 Days
Sunday, 6 December 2009 09:45	24 Days
Friday, 13 November 2009 21:45	0 Days
Thursday, 12 November 2009 10:00	0 Days
Friday, 13 November 2009 21:45	0 Days
Thursday, 12 November 2009 10:00	0 Days
Thursday, 12 November 2009 03:00	0 Days
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:45	23 Days
Monday, 19 October 2009 03:30	1 Days
Saturday, 17 October 2009 06:20	0 Days
Saturday, 17 October 2009 03:30	0 Days
Friday, 16 October 2009 23:45	0 Days
Friday, 16 October 2009 16:45	0 Days
Friday, 16 October 2009 12:45	0 Days
Friday, 16 October 2009 07:15	0 Days
Friday, 16 October 2009 01:00	0 Days
Thursday, 15 October 2009 15:10	0 Days
Thursday, 15 October 2009 09:30	0 Days
Thursday, 15 October 2009 02:15	35 Days
Friday, 11 September 2009 14:25	0 Days
Friday, 11 September 2009 06:50	0 Days
Friday, 11 September 2009 03:20	35 Days
Thursday, 10 September 2009 16:20	40 Days
Saturday, 1 August 2009 06:50	0 Days
Friday, 31 July 2009 15:50	21 Days
Monday, 19 May 2009 22:20	2 Days
Saturday, 16 May 2009 17:30	0 Days
Saturday, 16 May 2009 07:10	0 Days
Saturday, 16 May 2009 03:45	0 Days
Saturday, 16 May 2009 01:45	0 Days
Friday, 15 May 2009 23:10	0 Days
Friday, 15 May 2009 17:10	0 Days
Friday, 15 May 2009 13:50	0 Days
Friday, 15 May 2009 10:50	0 Days
Friday, 15 May 2009 07:10	0 Days
Friday, 15 May 2009 02:05	0 Days
Thursday, 14 May 2009 22:50	0 Days
Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:10	3 Days
Monday, 11 May 2009 08:00	28 Days
Tuesday, 14 April 2009 15:00	1 Days
Sunday, 12 April 2009 23:50	0 Days
Sunday, 12 April 2009 19:50	0 Days
Sunday, 12 April 2009 10:50	0 Days
Sunday, 12 April 2009 05:10	0 Days
Saturday, 11 April 2009 17:10	0 Days
Saturday, 11 April 2009 05:30	0 Days
Friday, 10 April 2009 14:25	30 Days
Tuesday, 11 March 2009 02:45	0 Days
Tuesday, 10 March 2009 19:30	0 Days
Tuesday, 10 March 2009 14:35	0 Days
Tuesday, 10 March 2009 04:20	0 Days
Monday, 9 March 2009 20:50	20 Days
Friday, 20 February 2009 21:00	1 Days
Thursday, 19 February 2009 09:40	0 Days
Thursday, 19 February 2009 07:20	0 Days
Thursday, 19 February 2009 04:40	0 Days
Thursday, 19 February 2009 01:20	0 Days
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 22:30	0 Days
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 19:10	0 Days
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 15:00	0 Days
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 11:00	15 Days
Monday, 02 February 2009 17:30	0 Days
Monday, 02 February 2009 07:00	0 Days
Monday, 02 February 2009 01:30	0 Days
Sunday, 01 February 2009 20:00	0 Days
Sunday, 01 February 2009 15:00	17 Days
Wednesday, 14 January 2009 18:20	0 Days
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 21:40	0 Days
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 18:45	0 Days
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 15:40	0 Days
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 11:55	0 Days
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 09:15	0 Days
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:00	0 Days
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:55	0 Days
Monday, 12 January 2009 22:45	0 Days
Monday, 12 January 2009 17:00	0 Days
Monday, 12 January 2009 13:45	0 Days
Monday, 12 January 2009 10:30	20 Days
Tuesday, 23 December 2008 03:50	0 Days
Monday, 22 December 2008 22:50	0 Days
Monday, 22 December 2008 06:50	10 Days
Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:00	0 Days
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 20:20	37 Days
Monday, 03 November 2008 01:20	0 Days
Sunday, 02 November 2008 19:30	0 Days
Sunday, 02 November 2008 13:30	0 Days
Sunday, 02 November 2008 05:00	0 Days
Saturday, 01 November 2008 23:30	0 Days
Saturday, 01 November 2008 18:30	0 Days
Saturday, 01 November 2008 08:30	0 Days

Lost My Appetite

I got mum and dad really worried by not wanting to eat anything much.

I've always been a fussy eater and never really taken to treats and snacks that people sometimes offer me.  But I've also seemed to lose the want for anything else.

Mum tried me on all kinds of different foods from tinned to dry foods - but I wasn't interested.  In fact I was loosing weight every week, getting thinner and thinner.

Dad then found that I'd eat chicken - he remembered that my previous owner had apparently fed me nothing but chicken carcases, not much meat on those!

Dad took me to see doctor Eli at the surgery and she gave me a steroid injection, Laurabolin and some antibiotics, Periactin (Cyproheptadine).  This wasn't for anything specific, but it had a side effect that she wanted to use - it gives an appetite.  She also gave us some dried food to build me up - but I didn't really like that.

So he started boiling up batches of chicken and brown rice for me to eat. I remember the kitchen always seemed to smell of boiled chicken, hmmm lovely. I don't know why mum always complained it smelled nasty.

Dad always snuck in some of the dried food too, but even though it was small I could eat around that and leave that in the bowl.

I'd have chicken and rice for breakfast and tea for weeks and gradually the weight came back. Dad took me to be weighed every Friday and was pleased to see me building up.  I don't think I'll ever be a fat dog, I've always been lean.

After a while I started being less fussy. Now and then I'll still go off a particular food but mum swaps them around so I don't get bored.

Dad's Work

I got to go into dad's work again today.  He had to take me back to the doctor to have the stitches removed.  That was only a 5 minute job and not painful at all.

So now I get to go into the office to be with him all day again.  Last week the doctor just wanted to see my stitches so I got to come to work with dad for the first time.

Everyone was friendly and can't believe how good I am. I'm happy to just lie down next to dad whilst he works.

The Snip

Dad took me into the veterinary surgery near where he works today. It's a long journey in the car but I don't mind, I like being out and about.

But today was very strange the doctor knocked me out and when I woke up I was all dizzy and confused and had stitches on my tummy.

When dad came to collect me later I must have looked terrible.  I could hardly stand and had long strands of drool running from my mouth.

I guess that means no puppies for me.