[pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l about siezures

[Norjet@aol.com]

I have been following the thread about the dogs with epilepsy and want to 
share my experience.  My Beagle Maggie, a little sweetheart she is, has 
epilepsy.  The following is an excerpt from a story my daughter Kari has on 
her webpage 
about Maggie:
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One day Maggie was laying down on the couch after a rough and tumble and I 
thought she was asleep, I always liked to gaze at her while she was sleeping 
at the marvel of this thing called love and she started to shake violently 
and she was not breathing I Became filled with panic and screamed to my Mom, 
"Maggies not breathing!" My Mom Grabbed her car keys and purse and we flew to 
the animal hospital to veterinarian Kesha Howell we blew 4 red lights and had 
the horn blowing the whole way we are at the hospital in 2 minutes people 
were very nice to us on the road they cleared the way. We also had the 
emergency flasher hazard lights on. The hospital immediately stopped what it 
was doing and rushed Maggie to the back to begin treating her. That day she 
was formally diagnosed with epilepsy and put on Phenobarbital. Maggie 
recovered from her seizure. Maggie was the trooper but we were the question 
we had to just recover with her we were still so scared and the Doctor could 
observe that. The Doctor sat us down and consulted with us about canine 
epilepsy and she reassured us that Maggie actually could have a completely 
normal life. .Knock on wood, as she has been just fine for about 7 years 
minor occasional seizures happen very rarely for her as she is treated right 
now with human quality Phenobarbital. 
by Kari Nord
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Linda again......~~Now, Maggie is 8 years old, and has a seizure every 3 
months or so.  She has had them in the middle of the night when she is 
sleeping, or when she is up and about.  I don't know what triggers them.  All 
I know, is when she was diagnosed, I cried my eyes out and was sure she would 
have to be put to sleep.  I am glad I had a good vet that showed me there was 
an alternative. Maggie is really the sweetest dog, she took to Gracie right 
away and runs circles around her playing hard.  Its so cute, Grace gets in 
the puppy play stance (all 120 lbs of her) and Maggie goes zoom, zoom, zoom 
so fast I swear the wind blows Gracies fur.  LOL  Epilepsy does not have to 
be a death sentence for the dog. Only if they go into status epilepticus and 
the Valium doesn't work.  These animals are such gifts.




Linda in SC
                              
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