Sooo... I have a new consulting client in another state and am gone through the week for the past few weeks. Last week, when hubby was picking me up at the airport, he admitted Mocha had a cluster seizure. That freaked me out... and frankly, I felt really guilty for leaving my little 85 lb 9 yr old puppy.
Mocha is now 9 yrs old (still 2 months old in my eyes), and has had seizures since he was 3 years old. He was finally put on meds for it at 3 yrs when he had a cluster (several seizures in one day). He hasn't done that since then, and has maybe one seizure every 3 or 4 months now. He even went one whole year 2 years ago without a seizure -- then of course had one on christmas eve.
Sooo... last Thursday morning he had 4 in a row. I freaked a little, as I am sure did hubby and his dad who lives with us. Mocha has not "clustered" like that for 6 or 7 years.
We live in middle TN and had a line of severe thunderstorms that day -- which is RARE since this is our "harsh winter" for our area. Our vet was awesome and had us do bloodwork that weekend, and pronounced his "levels" are just fine. He went on to say that his wife also has epilepsy, and that severe changes in barometric pressure also affect his wife. Man, I love our vet. He is just so "INVESTED" in his clients. He did not recommend ANY changes in his medications (phenobarbitol and soloxin) based upon his bloodwork. Funny, I took the call in the middle of a meeting with my client. I explained it was IMPORTANT and had to take it. LOL... gawd I am glad I have a pet-tolerant client.
So sufficeth to say, I came home this weekend, and no more seizures. Mocha is just fine. He still has epilepsy and has been dealing with it for years, as have we. We played ball in the back yard, and he played like a puppy. I hate leaving him again this weekend. But I feel secure that if he has a seizure, it won't be the end of the world. He's still a happy and healthy dog -- even as he approaches his old age.
He is a dog living with a disease that sucks, but it's probably harder on us humans than it is the animal.
I hope this gives owners with animals that have seizure related disorders hope and encouragement.
mazer415
Nancy in Mich
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