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Date Posted: 11:34:18 04/04/07 Wed
Author: Kris
Author Host/IP: ppp-67-39-183-211.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net / 67.39.183.211
Subject: It's been a rough couple of days, so I'm asking for thoughts too

Greta will be eleven in July. The last two days in a row she's gone from infrequent petit mal seizures into full blown grand mal seizures. I thought yesterday was bad, but I thought I'd lost her this morning. Way back when she was three she was diagnosed with "idiopathic epilepsy due to a benign brain tumor." I was told that the tumor would continue to grow but it would grow slowly and affect the part of her brain that it was in. The seizures happen after I've taken her outside to do her business and she's all excited and bouncy. She falls to the floor, but doesn't jerk. Her bladder releases what little is in it, her eyes bug, her heart beats erratically, she pants but doesn't drool, and her body basically becomes paralyzed - stiff as a board. Today when her body stiffened her heart stopped beating and she stopped breathing for what felt like two minutes but was probably less than one. I thought she was gone. When she started breathing again there was no disorientation, but she's been glued to me ever since. I've looked for signs of oxygen deprivation and see none, which tells me it was probably less than two minutes that she wasn't breathing. She's on meds for the seizures, but they don't seem to be working anymore which I understand often happens. Today I'm just loving on my old bat (that's her nice name, she loves it) and am thankful that I have her with me for one more day. Her seizure triggers have always been smells, flashing lights, change, loud noises, excitement, etc. If I have to take certain things away from her like not allowing her to get excited and jump and play it's not going to be fair to her. When this becomes too hard for her and she can't enjoy the simple things in life like romping with her silly chicken I'll make the decision ... but that's not today. Two handfuls of years is NOT enough, but I've enjoyed every day of them and will treasure those days that are left. Hugs to all your furkids.

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