Monday, April 12, 2010

Leave, epilepsy etc

It's been a while since I posted. A lot of things are happening right now but I have not really been up to writing about them. I was on leave for a week it was amazing to be away from the office and spend time with T. We got on so well and did so much together and around the house and garden. Of course the dogs thought it was wonderful having us at home all day every day :-). On Sunday 4 April our Brutus collapsed he just fell over and was shaking and wet himself. I was terrified I didn't know what was happening and I really thought he was dying. He got up after two minutes and he was fine. I rushed to phone the vet who explained that it is "normal" ( his word) epilepsy and to mark it on the calendar and see when it next occurs as they don't treat it if it's once a month for example. Well it happened three times on Sunday so we took him to the vet on Sunday afternoon. He is on medication and only had one seizure since then which the vet said might happen until the meds stabilize him. We have to take him off the meds after fourteen days and see when he has another seizure. Now that I know what it is and I have researched it and I understand it is ok, but that first time was so dreadful T and I shook like crazy we were so terrified and traumatized! Brutus is fine now he loves having his meds at 6 and 6 disguised in various ways and he is as alert protective and loving as usual!

5 comments:

BioniKat said...

Lovely to hear from you again Lulu. Sorry about the scare that Brutus gave you but I'm glad to hear that medication is helping him. Our pets are often tougher than we think.

lulu said...

thanks! good to hear from you too!

Anonymous said...

I am SO glad things are going better with your Brutus. I hope it stays that way.
I would love a bit of a holiday...

Martha said...

Hi, we have only just read your post about Brutus.
We know how scary epilepsy is - Harry, last basset had epilepsy. He was lucky enough that it was only occasionally and the vet did not think it warranted medication.
It was upsetting for us all though so we do know how you are feeling.
Glad he appears to be stabilising on the medication.
Take care x
xxx

BioniKat said...

Lulu, How are you? You've gone AWOL. Hope to hear that you and your family are all doing well.