Pockets- Just another day until...

This blog is about my puppy Pockets that was born on December 25, 2007. She arrived in my care 3 months later. She was a very active and playful puppy and took a while to actually start growing up, but she was a very great dog, and still is.

Thursday, August 15, 2008

Something changed her life completely. We played with her like we did everyday, running around the room while she chases us and barks at us. We stopped and I went to get laundry in the washing machine. When I close the door I pan my vision to look her, and she was approaching me and slowly collapsed and just whimpered and trembling. Something was wrong, and I don’t know what happened.

We rushed her to the emergency vet clinic and there, she was showing signs of being lethargic and unresponsive to our calls. After 3 hours later, blood work was done from the emergency vet care and the pup started acting kinda normal again. Everything appeared normal from her bloodwork. The doctor suspected it was a seizure and I was advised to seek my vet in the morning. Pockets the pug was injected with some fluids to prevent dehydration, and she started to act normal, as she was the day before.

Friday-

Woke up as usual with the pup, and saw that nothing had appeared to be wrong anymore. She would play with our other dog and just act normal as could be. Used the bathroom, ate, played, slept completely normal.

Saturday-

She slept most of the day, started to do some minor trembleming at night, and would go away after a period of 2-5 minutes. I thought it would be similar to after shocks from a seizure.

Sunday-

Slept all day. She was lethargic once again, and would whimper time to time, and go right back to sleep, would drink but wouldn’t eat or use the bathroom. I called my Vet to schedule an appointment for the next day.

Monday-

Went to the vet. He suscepeted something to be wrong with neurologically. (Brain problems) We scheduled an appointment to the closest and only place that would be capable of conducting an MRI and Spinal tap.

Animal Hospital-

Something was seriously wrong with the pup, Pockets. An MRI was done on the puppy and showed major signs of swelling on the right side of the brain.

Pockets was to remain at the hospital for the next 3 days, to complete more tests. While in their care, she remained to have seizures and was being treated by Diazepam, Clindamycin and Prednisone. Her seizures started to wear down and she started to become active and started to walk in straight lines and her eyes were more properly set. She was to return home on Thursday.

Thursday-

She came home. She was still kinda out of it from the drugs but she seemed to be happy to come home. As soon as we arrived home she had a minor seizure in the garage. It lasted about 20 seconds. After it was over she started running the yard and used the bathroom immediately. Proud of her duties, she runs back to me and walks by my side to the house. She seemed to be normal, but with seizure.

We started walking around the house, and she started to be wobbly. She cant keep a good balance sometimes. She will run into her water dish, and then I rush to hold her up. She is responsive, she plays, and chews on her toys, and she is hungry and thirsty all the time. I mean all the time. Sat with her for the rest of the afternoon on my bed. I watched her while she slept to make sure she wouldn’t fall off. She slept for about 4 hours.