Last month our beloved Simon had another seizure. He hadn’t had a seizure in a couple of years so it was startling and extremely scary. My son saw it, as did Toby and both of them were shaken up and crying.
We had a bit of a stressful week or so after his seizure, he had experienced some neurological damage that was causing partial paralyzation and they weren’t sure he would recover. He was put on phenobarbital and sent home to see if his reflexes improved.
He has shown *some* improvement so thankfully he is still with us. His walking will never be 100% but his heart and his mind and his spirit seem to be in full working order.
We cherish every day with him knowing that we may soon be confronted with a difficult decision. But for now, he continues to drop tennis balls in our lap and bark at Toby when he steals the ball.
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Big hugs. I hope he has been doing better. I’ll be thinking of all of you! I have an elderly cat who still has a kitten face, though he can barely make it up the stairs sometimes.
Give hugs to Simon from me! I miss having a pup around.
He’s beautiful ((hugs))!
He’s precious. There’s something about elderly dogs that just gets to me…
Our old Collie had a seizure at 12 and afterwards had a strange episode where all she could do was walk in circles… called vestibular syndrome, I think. She lived another year, but was never really herself again. Glad you’re getting some good quality time with Simon!
Yeah there are definitely times where he is not himself, but so far those times are infrequent.
He’s still got the eyes of a pup. It’s sad when their bodies can’t keep up with their puppy-like hearts.
He totally has a puppy heart! Just today he was chasing Toby around the kitchen, sliding and collapsing half the time because his legs aren’t working right, but he gets up and keeps going.