Oggy's Mild Seizure

Well I'll start off today's post with an update on my back. It is still hurting me quite a bit and it's hard to bend over or squat down basically anything that has to do with a movement of your hips.

I waited as long as I could to take something and I did not want to take a simple add Ville or Tylenol or something like that. Instead I had some muscle type medicine from a while back that I decided to try. I am not sure if it will work or not sometimes it does sometimes it does not, it's a roll of the dice unfortunately more times than not.

Baseball Game

Cicely's parents called and said they were going to be out in our area for a baseball game for Cicely's brother. They wanted to know if Zoey wanted to come out and hang with them for a little while. We figured it would be a good idea for her to do that. I saw this as a great opportunity to go for a bike ride and so I wanted to ride the bikes to get there pulling Zoey in her trailer like we usually do on our evening family rides.

Unfortunately because of my back and how much time we actually had to get to the ballpark we decided to just have Cicely drive Zoey out there. It really sucks and never fails that there is something cool that comes up whenever my back is fucked up I am so sick of it. From what the doctors have said all along it's going to be like this and just continue to get worse off and on for the rest of my life I am not looking forward to that and I especially don't like that news.

Oggy

So yesterday while I was out on my bike ride I guess I'll be had another one of his odd little attacks that we have seen him have before. Basically he gets to the point where he is a little out of it and staring off into space like he can't move. His legs will shake a little bit as he is trying to walk but he is unable to actually walk away that he needs to.

In the past we assumed it was some sort of a cramp or something like that because of the times that it would happen. Yesterday it was right as he jumped from the floor to the couch and then jump back down. Cicely said it sounded like he is laying on something but I don't think that would have had that same effect and neither does she.

So she started Googling it and found out that there are mild seizures that dogs can have and that is almost what it look like based on the videos she saw people and taking of their dogs going through the same thing. This makes me really sad because he is my buddy and has been with us for so long well ever since he was a baby actually.

We are going to get some tests and related done to see if there is anything else wrong with him based on blood work I just don't want you to start a bunch of other things and have him turn into a lab rat. I realize it can be things from his diet all the way to other problems those we can more easily get around. It will just be him feeling as though he is being left out and that does suck but if it's what it takes to make him better and not have these issues then it's that simple and is what will be done.

I know that they will look at his thyroid and things like that as well so I hope that they don't start throwing a bunch of medicine at him that he does not necessarily need but doing so because his numbers are slightly off versus where they want them. At times this is more of a maker to get a nose up on other things versus what is going to help his immediate problem and our concerns.

I do realize this is all done more times than not with the best interest of people's fuzzy kids in mind but at the same time it can feel like more than that, more like a convenient time for them to throw medicine at him that he will be on for the remainder of his life. Again, not that I have any problem spending the money whether we have it or not, it's more of whether he truly needs it or not.

So yea, really bummer news to be honest. I will hopefully have an update sooner than later or at the very least once we are able to run any recommended blood tests on him and see how they come back. Something else I truly hate to do to him as well because he has no idea what is going on and why we are taking him somewhere like that.

Photo: Photo I snapped of Oggy laying with me this afternoon. Such a handsome boy. I was having fun playing around with one of the painting applications and decided that would be the one I'd use for today's entry. That's my boy, love him so much!

love this little guy so much!