Hey everyone! Its been a while since my last entry. Lots have been going on. See how happy I look in my picture? Would you believe I had 4 seizures that day? I've never had 4 seizures before. Everyone was scared for me. I had 1 of them outside in our front yard, that's never happened before either. The ladies were sure to keep a careful eye out on me. Lady Kay is kind of suspicious of some doggie biscuits that she gets from me. The last time I went a month w/o the shakes she hadn't bought me any doggie biscuits and within a couple days of her buying them I got the shakes. (she writes down and documents everything.) So when she did buy them again she gave me 2 the first day, 3 the second say and the early morning of the 3rd day I had my first seizure at 5:53am. I had my 3rd one at 6:19am. That one lasted 4 minutes. If it ever goes to 5 minutes they have to rush me to the animal E.R. I've been lucky so far. At 1:45pm. This picture above was about 2:00pm on May 25th, the same day. I had my last Seizure on July 9th but no one was there with me. Lady Kay figured it out when she saw the planter knocked over, the cable box on the floor next to it and I had 2 accidents on the floor :(. Lady Kay cleaned it all up and then gave me cuddles until I feel asleep. That was the last time I got the shakes.
Last time you were updated about me my vet, Doc Rick saw something in my eye that made him worried. Lady Ali took me to the Eye Dr.
The Dr said the thing in my eyes that Dr Rick saw is gone. I saw Dr Rick 2 days after my last Seizure and sometimes things can linger a few days before they clear up. So that's good news. There's nothing on my optical nerves that require any attention. But there is some nerve damage to the right side of my face and eye. Dr said I could just be a funny little weird unique doggie that was born that way..... OR it could be nerve damage from seizures. And it's irreversible so it wont get better. It will, however probably could get worse when I have Seizures. I just need to be careful about bumping into things because I do that a lot lately. Hopefully I can continue on the course of no seizures and things will start to get better from here!
The thyroid medicine has my coat all soft and shiny!! I'm a handsome dude in action! I'm now taking 2 phenobarbitals a day and 6 potassium bromides. Lady Kay says I'm "poppin pills like a jerry-actress" whatever that means.
So Lady Kay thinks my shakes can be food related. She looked at the ingredient of my doggie biscuits..
and they have Red dye 40 in them. Red dye 40 has been linked to a number of health issues including seizures in pets AND children. Was it a coincidence that after eating a few of these in 2 days I had the shakes : 3 episodes in less than 30 minutes and fourth a few hours later? Aside from that when I didn't have the other doggie treats that had the same ingredient, it was the first time I went a month w/o the shakes.
Lady Kay and some of her other friends with puppy doggies have been sharing recipes for homemade doggie biscuits and treats. She likes to cook and I like to eat so it's perfect!
Here's a couple of the recipes that I really like to bark about:
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Crunchies
1c of whole wheat flour
2ts of baking pwdr
1c of peanut butter
1 c of oatmeal
Mixed it all together
Formed a ball and rolled it out
and cut into shapes. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
I love these! They're great and Yummy! But I can't eat too many of them because oats are fiber and they make you have really loose bowels so be careful.
the other recipe i just love too. It's a little different:
Salmon Doggie Goodies:
2c brown rice flour
1/2c whole wheat flour
1tbs baking pwdr
2 eggs
2 Tbs olive oil
1c milk( broth would work equally well )
1 sauteed salmon filet ground/minced. Mix it all together.
You can drop it on a greased cookie sheet by the spoonfuls. I spread the dough in the pan & baked it at 350 for 20- 25 min and then cut them into treat squares:
I keep them refrigerated because of the fresh Salmon that was baked into it. I really love these too. I think you should try them! And please let me know how you all like them. I'm going to have Lady Kay make some for my friends. It would be cool if we could find a way to market it and give some of the proceeds to pets like me. I guess ya never know, it could happen.
I've been getting spoiled with some cool yummy summertime treats and games. I'll share that with you next week!
Sorry my page hasn't been updated. In the middle of May Lady Kay got a really bad cough on a Thursday. She went to bed the next day and stayed for 8 days straight with bronchitis. She developed a Cyst on her eye that needed surgery.
so she hasn't been able to update. Next week she's having surgery on her other eye. She called it a "CAT-or-AX." I tried to tell her if there's a choice to choose the ax because any kind of Cat can't be good...!
It's a crazy summer to be safe out there, cuz life can be ruff!
The Dr said the thing in my eyes that Dr Rick saw is gone. I saw Dr Rick 2 days after my last Seizure and sometimes things can linger a few days before they clear up. So that's good news. There's nothing on my optical nerves that require any attention. But there is some nerve damage to the right side of my face and eye. Dr said I could just be a funny little weird unique doggie that was born that way..... OR it could be nerve damage from seizures. And it's irreversible so it wont get better. It will, however probably could get worse when I have Seizures. I just need to be careful about bumping into things because I do that a lot lately. Hopefully I can continue on the course of no seizures and things will start to get better from here!
The thyroid medicine has my coat all soft and shiny!! I'm a handsome dude in action! I'm now taking 2 phenobarbitals a day and 6 potassium bromides. Lady Kay says I'm "poppin pills like a jerry-actress" whatever that means.
So Lady Kay thinks my shakes can be food related. She looked at the ingredient of my doggie biscuits..
and they have Red dye 40 in them. Red dye 40 has been linked to a number of health issues including seizures in pets AND children. Was it a coincidence that after eating a few of these in 2 days I had the shakes : 3 episodes in less than 30 minutes and fourth a few hours later? Aside from that when I didn't have the other doggie treats that had the same ingredient, it was the first time I went a month w/o the shakes.
Lady Kay and some of her other friends with puppy doggies have been sharing recipes for homemade doggie biscuits and treats. She likes to cook and I like to eat so it's perfect!
Here's a couple of the recipes that I really like to bark about:
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Crunchies
1c of whole wheat flour
2ts of baking pwdr
1c of peanut butter
1 c of oatmeal
Mixed it all together
Formed a ball and rolled it out
and cut into shapes. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
I love these! They're great and Yummy! But I can't eat too many of them because oats are fiber and they make you have really loose bowels so be careful.
the other recipe i just love too. It's a little different:
Salmon Doggie Goodies:
2c brown rice flour
1/2c whole wheat flour
1tbs baking pwdr
2 eggs
2 Tbs olive oil
1c milk( broth would work equally well )
1 sauteed salmon filet ground/minced. Mix it all together.
You can drop it on a greased cookie sheet by the spoonfuls. I spread the dough in the pan & baked it at 350 for 20- 25 min and then cut them into treat squares:
I keep them refrigerated because of the fresh Salmon that was baked into it. I really love these too. I think you should try them! And please let me know how you all like them. I'm going to have Lady Kay make some for my friends. It would be cool if we could find a way to market it and give some of the proceeds to pets like me. I guess ya never know, it could happen.
I've been getting spoiled with some cool yummy summertime treats and games. I'll share that with you next week!
Sorry my page hasn't been updated. In the middle of May Lady Kay got a really bad cough on a Thursday. She went to bed the next day and stayed for 8 days straight with bronchitis. She developed a Cyst on her eye that needed surgery.
so she hasn't been able to update. Next week she's having surgery on her other eye. She called it a "CAT-or-AX." I tried to tell her if there's a choice to choose the ax because any kind of Cat can't be good...!
It's a crazy summer to be safe out there, cuz life can be ruff!
