Epilepsy in dogs

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ali_kat said:

Well, you'll be sharing your bed with the dogs & your wife for a start!

Good to here his fit was a better one

I hope that you are home, fit & well soon

Thanks Ali.

It's a bit of a squeeze with all four of us (all night).

Still, I'd settle for that in a heartbeat right now.

The minute I'm walking, I want a home visit.

[parakitaMol.]

Smiler and Smashie

Thought you might be interested in a new app developed by the RVC (in collaboration with the Epilepsy Society).

https://sites.google.com/site/ukdachshundhealthrep...

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parakitaMol. said:

Smiler and Smashie

Thought you might be interested in a new app developed by the RVC (in collaboration with the Epilepsy Society).

https://sites.google.com/site/ukdachshundhealthrep...

Thanks for the link. I believe the other half has downloaded it a little while ago. She deals mostly with his epilepsy as he is with her all day whilst I am working.
Unfortunately we are going through a tough time with ours at the moment and having to change pills again. He is managing about 7-10 days between fits at the moment which we and the vet are not happy with as it should be closer to 6 weeks. We have also been told that Collies are one of the most difficult breeds to treat. Great!
He is now on 2 x 500mg Keppra 3x a day. 1x 250mg Potassium Bromide once a day and 1x 30mg in the morning and 2x30mg evening pheonobarb. I swear I can hear him rattle as he walks. We are currently taking him off the pheno and then hopefully the KBr as well. We have been told that after this there is only 1 pill left we can try. Our vet is doing all he can and a next course of action may be a referral to one of the best neurologists in the country (possibly world according to vet). We have already been offered this option, but we are waiting to see how things go with his change in pills first. We used to use Keppra as his cluster buster, however now it looks like he is moving on to it permanently.

Which reminds me.... time to call the vets to order more Keppra as he hasn't got much left since doubling the dose and also best get another insurance form printed off to take to them.

[Mexican cuties]

Hope it gets better, terrifying when our dog Ami had her first one didn't know what to do, she looked so scared, keep us posted