At this point, the only recommendation I would have is for you to do whatever the vet suggests. You and your vet are the ones who have seen what Nugget has experienced and is experiencing and only the vet can guesstimate what his future will be. Based on that, I think you will have to make a decision using your head and not your heart. I know you are hurting too, I send you a big hug. Gloria In a message dated 11/13/2010 2:08:13 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi everyone!
I posted this on one of my lists and instead of re-writing it all I am
just cutting and Pasting...please be honest with what you think...I need input
from CLEAR heads!!!
This is the most frustrating thing ever...just when I think we have made
headway things go from bad to worse with Nuggie's seizures! I went with diet
change...that seemed to help a lot for a good 6 months...then they
started increasing so we have tried the PB and then the KBR route...these past
few months have been super hard as sometimes he responds so well to the
meds...i think we have it licked and then WHAMO...seizures WAY worse than
before meds. This week has been horrible...6 big ones! and then last night 3
more right in a row...in the time span of 2am to 5:30am...so far no more
today but I am on pins and needles just waiting for the next one...Last week
was a good week with none. Before the meds he never had one more often than
every 20 days and they were not that severe as now. I thought maybe when
the Dog Park lost 3 that would be a good thing for him but no matter what I
can't seem to find the reason...the triggers. Our friends visited yesterday
and bam...their little Pap sent him right into a huge one! Last month when
they were here everything was fine...so no rhymne or reason that I can
see.! We have had 100's of dollars done now in testing and the vets do not
know any more than what they told me the day of his very first one. On Monday
we took him in again...Dr Verred said maybe we should start thinking
about putting him down. He has adjusted his meds 5 times now and he is
frustrated too that we are not making any progress...accept causing more
damage in
my opinion! We see brain damage it seems with every seizure...I do have to
say I didn't see that at all until we went with the meds!!! It is almost
like we have reached a point of no return...even if somehow we can get the
seizures to stop...he is still pretty damaged...doesn't know where he is
1/2 the time...has forgotten all training and now I think he has issues
seeing for long periods of time...then it seems to come back! Anyway I am just
sick!!! I don't know what to do...I don't want him to suffer...and I don't
want to be selfish...but I don't know if I have the strength to actually do
it...it is like deciding to have one of my flesh and blood children
euthanized! With our lives like they have been...with so much grief...so much
"stuff" I honestly don't know if I am seeing things clear enough to make any
good decisions!! Something that scares me is not doing anything and then
having the experience 2 of my friends did. They didn't have the strength to
have their seizure dogs put down...they were on the same roller coaster ride
I am on now...so they just kept waiting and trying different things. Both
of them had the most horrible thing happen...both dogs...had violent
seizures and then died in their arms from heart attacks. These were two
seperate families but I have these stories in my head...they both have shared
how
much pain they thought the dogs experienced in the end. I can't do
that!!!! I am so sorry to just dump all this on you guys but I so really need
your opinions as I can't see clearly what to do!!! Any advice???Any
suggestions?? Any thoughts?? Any one??? I just can't see through the pain what
to
do!!! Not just the pain from Nugget but just so much loss this year...so much
grief...I am kind of sinking I think!
Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park,
Deanna
and
The Dog Park Pack:
Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable, and Caleb and honorary non-dog
members of The Dog Park:
Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat
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