Nope, no seizures...going on 150 days too, which is just awesome!
However, Topaz has been really shaky lately and ataxic...moreso than usual. He still seems to have good and bad days, but lately it's been mostly bad days.
I'm hoping it will pass. Just keeping an eye on him for now.
Well, Topaz got into the trash again today. I guess it was from one room to the next with even some kitty food cans IN THE BED!!! Ugh.
Little brat probably hopped off the bed shortly after I left this afternoon to check and see if I forgot to lock the garbage can in the kitchen...and well, I did.
The only bad thing in there, I think, was marinara sauce....well and gum. I think he'd leave the gum alone with all the other yumminess in there.
Hopefully this will not trigger anything, he's gone 125 days with no seizures and we'd like to keep it that way!!
Topaz has been doing well. No new seizures or anything. I was a bit worried a few nights ago, he was acting kind of off, but we made it through the night so all is well. He's been getting into things more than usual, but then again our schedules have been a little wonky and he gets out of sorts when that happens sometimes.
We have been crushing his PB and mixing it in with his food. I think this is a better way to go...we don't need to worry about whether or not he's eaten his pills or not, which makes things easier for me. I bought a little pill crusher thing from Avon. It works so well and was pretty inexpensive too. I was going to get a mortar and pestal from amazon.com, but saw this in the avon catalog and thought it was perfect. And it is!
I don't want to jinx anything by talking about how long it's been since his last seizure, but this has been a great stretch!! This was the time last year when he really started having problems and it's nice to see that he's doing much better now. Hopefully it will continue. Although, even the last GM that he had was not that bad at all...and since joining the EPIL-K9 list, I've got a few other tips to make the post ictal stage better, so if he should have another GM I will be sure to put some of those into play.
I also think the raw diet has helped him. I know there's info on the net about the risks with epi dogs and each person has their own idea of what's healthiest and best for their animals, but I really think this is working well. I need to get the coconut oil and the supplement back into his diet...we are waiting for Todd's disability checks to start before we get that again. But that will be hapening soon.
We're planning on getting his thyroid test done too whenever we have the money.
Tonight is a full moon. I hope that doesn't effect him. It didn't the last time.
So things are going well...and I really hope they continue!
Ugh...this dog has gotten into EVERYTHING this week!!!
My lunch bag was on the kitchen table and he got that down...no doubt looking for food.,...which there was NONE. So what does he do? He chews the BAG and also the blue thing inside that keeps the food cold. BAD DOG!!!!
Then...tonight we leave for a few hours and I left my work bag on the kitchen chair...which I do ALL THE TIME...and he got into that!!! No doubt looking for food.
I know his meds make him hungry...but good Lord dog. STOPPIT!!!
Topaz has gone 100 days with no seizures! Woo hoo!!!
We're doing a little dance here at our house.
I just want to document some recent changes. We were really short on cash this past pay and we were expecting some checks to come in and they never did, so we've been improvising with the raw food.
We've been feeding chicken backs for breakfast, and hamburger meat and dinner has been kind of skimpy too.
Topaz has been acting a little odd, almost like he did when he was coming off the loading dose of KBr. I'm thinking maybe it's too much meds/not enough food.
Anyway, we now have money and were able to get some food. We haven't been able to get their right breakfast, but we're got eggs and cottage cheese, pumpkin and more hamburger...so hopefully this will hold them over until I can get their food this weekend.
Plus, I won some samples of Honest Kitchen from their blog and we can give that to Onyx. It has rosemary in it or we'd also give it to Topaz, but he can't have rosemary.
Anyway, I just wanted to document this change just in case it triggers a seizure. He's been doing so well. I sure hope not!
