Well, Lexx surprised us all and went over 4 weeks without having a seizure this time round. It was a bit of a saving grace considering we spent the long weekend away at a friend's cottage and nothing is inconvenient like a seizuring 80lb dog that screams in the middle of the night.
Anywho, our luck ran out last night and Lexx had a tiny seizure episode. I'm really impressed that though the frequency of the seizures appears to be in flux, or even slightly increased, the severity has decreased significantly.
He no longer looses control of his bowels or bladder, this time there was remarkably little drool and the entire episode only lasted around 40seconds instead of the old 2 minutes.
The BEST part? He goes right back to sleep afterwards. This is amazing for Kyle and I because it means that we're not up panicking about a pacing, post ichtal mess of a dog for 2 hours at 3 am.
His episode was around 12am, but he slept until 4am when he decided that outside for a pee would be quite nice please mom. By that time he was responsive to his name and coordinated enough to make it down the stairs and out the door without much support from us.
It might sound silly, but as the mother of a seizure dog, you learn to count your blessings. I could not even begin to explain to anyone how AWESOME it is that these changes have materialized. The seizures themselves are terrifying, and obviously I wish that they would just go away all together, but in all honesty, the post ichtal phase almost bothers me more.
There is just something so heartbreaking about watching your baby pace and run in to walls, falling over and unresponsive. Something horrifying about calling his name or speaking to him softly and seeing not even a glimmer of recognition in his eyes.
So, In conclusion, I'll take it.
Anywho, in other news Lexx has a bump on his pad on his front right foot. I have been watching it for awhile and it seemed to be growing a tiny bit so we popped in to the vet. Of course they want to do a histology on it which involves knocking him out or heavily sedating him. Of course, this involves more cost due to his conditions.*sigh*
I really wanted to get his teeth done anyways, so I'm thinking a week of antibiotics pre surgery, teeth and foot, then a week of antibiotics post op and we can just kill everything with one stone for now.
Off to call Greg for more seizure drugs, might as well get him to through in some antibiotics while Im at it. I mean, who doesn't love a 500$ medication bill in July right?
Friday, July 9, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
we're back
I've been very very bad about this blog. I haven't written in ages.
Things just got too complicated and emotional and I found that writing it all here was draining.
I do wish however that I had continued because it was a fantastic way to keep track of Lexx's progress.
as a quick run down, he went through another round of surgeries in october of last year to check the shunt again since the MRI still showed no change. Everything appeared to be fine.
He is still suffering from seizures.
A recent increase in seizure frequency has led me to believe that I should start keeping track on here again, so that I have a nice place to keep notes.
L
Things just got too complicated and emotional and I found that writing it all here was draining.
I do wish however that I had continued because it was a fantastic way to keep track of Lexx's progress.
as a quick run down, he went through another round of surgeries in october of last year to check the shunt again since the MRI still showed no change. Everything appeared to be fine.
He is still suffering from seizures.
A recent increase in seizure frequency has led me to believe that I should start keeping track on here again, so that I have a nice place to keep notes.
L
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