Jillie while I'm writing
I have been hesitant to post pictures of Jillie up until this point, but she is no longer seizing and things are looking good. It's hard trying to be positive and stay hopeful, but not too hopeful to get let down, but also stay realistic that she may have many more setbacks. But today was a little victory.. And we'll get by on little victories :)
She was happy to see me earlier, wagging her tail and even popping a squat right there in the vets office ;) she was very uneasy standing the whole way home, because her pelvis still has "slow" muscles. But she did not lay down for a few hours after we got home. She walked around mostly, sometimes standing staring off into space, but mostly following us wherever we were walking. We went outside to let her potty, and she was wandering around, but when we called her back, she was TROTTING toward us :)
She veers to her right when she walks, which I believe is compensating for the blindness in her right eye. She has walked into a few things, and she likes to walk right up against things on that side so she knows where they are.
She got her next dose of seizure medicine and we finally got her to lay down. She was fighting the seizure medicine hard, not wanting to lay down and go to sleep, but she finally drifted off into deep doggy sleep.
She has also been giving lots of kisses.. So next time your dog gives you kisses, take a minute to enjoy it, because it may be the thing that leaves you clinging on to hope!
Jillie on the ride home earlier
This is a whole new pup, and we are glad to see this side of her again! There is a still long road ahead of us, but the good days are so worth it!
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