Hi, it's 11am and I'm back from the vet clinic. They've kept Chester in to give him a chest xray, more bloods and urine tests (just in case levels have increased since last test). Kelly is also going to phone the local CT scanning place and see whether they think a CT would show enough if there is a brain tumour there (heaven forbid!). It is possible they won't want to use the contrast dyes because of the possibility of epilepsy. Kelly thinks it is most likely epilepsy, particularly after watching the video we took of him fitting last night. So so horrible to re-watch I can tell you! At once stage near the end of it he sits up and then falls backwards and tumbles over.. just horrible, poor thing.
If the CT can't be done we will have to drive 5 hours down to Christchurch and back (10 hours total) to get him an MRI. Thank heavens we took out pet insurance on this lad when we got him! I really hope we don't have to make that trip but then again it would be worse to put him on meds for epilepsy if it isn't that! AAAAggghhhhh... just thinking about it all makes me more exhausted.
I feel really bad because when I got home I thought ''oh wow, no dog.. heaven'' - isn't that awful??! It's just life has been so full on since mid-Jan 2010 with this boy, and now this. I keep trying to work out what the universe is trying to tell me here, there has to be something! Why do we have to have special needs pets? I'm sure there is a good message in there somewhere.
Yesterday I managed to get quite a lot of weeding done in the studio garden - oh boy is that soil as dry as DUST! Ack ack ack. I didn't manage to dig it over at all because the ground is too hard, I was just pulling them out and cutting back perennials etc. I need to try and finish it today but already it is too hot. Rain is predicted for later today (hmmmmmmmm the sky is BLUE!) as well as tomorrow so I've got everything crossed (hard to walk.. giggle). Yippeeee I giggled, yes I can still manage to do that so all is not lost (big grin). I'm off to get a much-needed cup of tea. Oh and needless to say I've shut Sabah in for the day (he went out earlier), I just don't need to have to worry about him too.
Smiles from a tiggy-tigered Philippa....
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