Animals come into our lives as gifts from God, for companionship, to teach us, and to heal us. They deserve our very best efforts in caring for them.


"Love goes the extra mile and gives itself away"
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went" -- Will Rogers

Brady

Brady
our sweet ball crazy boy

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Update

Brady has been on his new medicine, Keppra, for 6 days now and is tolerating it well, which is wonderful news. It is always scary to add another drug since the reaction to it is always unknown in your own dog. He's doing well and his motor skills are good. He hasn't been ataxic and is doing his normal everyday routine, which involves his long morning walk and daily ball playing. He can run after the ball as normal, without any tumbling over or losing his balance.He can go up and down the stairs, jump on the bed, jump up on us, etc.; all is done normally without any wobbliness or loss of balance.

One thing I have noticed is that his water consumption has gone up again; this is definitely a side effect of phenobarbital. It seemed that his love of water had diminished somewhat, but once again his water intake is up. Not a big deal whatsoever, just something I noticed. With the possibilities of side effects, this is one we can definitely live with.

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