About 25% into this novel and struggling. Every time I pick it up, I fall asleep. It‘s more about me than the book, I think, but I‘m still having a hard time keeping the characters straight.
My reading partner had a seizure at 4:30am, hence why I‘m falling asleep today. It‘s been 6 months since her last one. 😔 My brother‘s beloved pup died on Tuesday after a seizure, so my girl‘s this morning was especially scary. Rough day around here.
Texreader Oh how difficult and what a cute sweater on your darling. Hoping for best for y‘all. 1d
KadaGul I'll be thinking 💭 of you and your adorable girl 🐕 Sending all my positive vibes your way! 🛐🤲🙏 1d
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 1d
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dabbe So sorry to read this about your precious pup and your brother's. 😢 Our Pippa has epilepsy and takes 24 pills a day to keep her seizures under control. 😳 Still, she'll have a grand mal every few months, too. They are HORRIBLE! Thinking of you and your brother and sending 🩶🖤🩶. 1d
Elizabeth2 @Texreader @KadaGul @Librarybelle Thank you! @dabbe They are so traumatic to witness. My heart is broken for my brother & his family. I‘m sorry for you and your Pippa. She def has a trigger & we thought we had it figured out…six mos without one and we thought we were in the clear. But this morning, there was no trigger. She was sleeping and we woke up to her seizing. I‘m scared to go to sleep tonight. 😢 1d
DaveGreen7777 Hope your doggy is feeling better now! 😢 Sending healing energy her way! 1d
dabbe @Elizabeth2 Have you had her checked for epilepsy? Pippa's neurologist (yep, she has one!) said a lot of seizures are brought on when the dog is sleeping or wakes up from a deep sleep. We've also noticed that Pip usually has one (or has twitches) after a major event--like people coming over or a huge dog walk in the heat (we live in Phoenix). I so feel for you! What's her name? Sending 🖤🐾🖤 to your brother & his family. 1d
Elizabeth2 @dabbe hers were previously brought on by throwing up yellow bile from an empty stomach. We were having trouble getting her to eat when the seizures started a year ago. So, as long as we made sure she‘s got food in her - we now hand feed her 3 meals and a couple of snacks throughout the day, she‘s been good. But she didn‘t get sick last night; that seizure was unrelated to an empty stomach. She‘s on one med, but it might be time for a stronger one 23h
Elizabeth2 @dabbe her name is Hazel. ❤️🐾 She‘s a former puppy mill mama. We‘ve had her for 5 years. According to what we were told, what the rescue was told, she was two when we adopted her. But our vet thinks she‘s likely older. She‘s had trauma in her life previously. She was debarked. 😢She‘s such a sweet little dog. The seizures started last January. We actually already have a vet appt scheduled for Sat for a check up - might need to change her med. 23h
Elizabeth2 @DaveGreen7777 thank you! 23h
rwmg I had never heard of debarking till I read your comment above. I hope I never do again. 21h
Elizabeth2 @rwmg it‘s an awful, illegal procedure. It‘s just a guess by our vet because of how Hazel sounds. She sounds like a little old lady when she barks. She cannot whine like a normal dog. She makes a grunting noise instead. Amish puppy mills are horrible. The only positive is that this particular one offers their dogs for rescue instead of outright killing them when they are no longer useful. 19h
dabbe Oh, the sweet girl! She is so lucky to have you as her caretakers. 🩶 If you ever need support or just to chat via email, let me know. 🤗 The beyond barbaric debarking makes me want to 🤬🤬🤬!!! #heartfelthazel 🖤🐾🖤 13h
Elizabeth2 @dabbe thank you so much. She is such a quirky funny little dog. She‘s startled easily and will completely shut down at fireworks and the like. But she‘s also our “brave little toaster” because if a loud noise scares her she immediately goes to investigate, once she‘s done her little freak out circles. Seeing her learn to play with toys and be a pet has been super rewarding. Her favorite “toy” is our other pup - she loves to wrestle him. ❤️🐾 12h
dabbe @Elizabeth2 My heart is full. 🩶🖤🩶 8h
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