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Originally Posted by
Helena54
So glad to hear she's fine in herself now Jackie. That's a lot of pills to have to give day in day out isn't it poor little girlie. I'm so sorry Jackie, but I'm sure with the new dose of meds finger's crossed, everything crossed, she won't have any more after this
It really must be so worrying for you and John, you just never know when it could happen I suppose. Do you keep a diary for her? It might be interesting? I know it wouldn't cure it, I'm not daft, but it may just point to something that could set it off coz you just never know do you?
I remember something about my horse once and the vet told me to keep a log of everything I did and everything I fed on a daily basis that could just throw a pointer to something that was setting off whatever it was at the time (I can't remember what was wrong though!). Anyways, he said one of his colleagues had the same problem with her horse, and she kept the log, and it turned out on certain days of the week, she would treat herself to a rasberry yoghurt and eat it after mucking out the horse and letting him lick the pot!!! It just might be worth a go with Cassie, i.e. all the different treats etc? All the best with my little cybergirlie, and more hugs and kisses for her from us lot.xxxxxxx
Thanks Aitch honey.
After we finish the current batch of pills, the vet is going to change them to a higher dosage so we will only have to give her 2 Phenobarbitol at the higher dosage and one Epilease so that will be better. Yes, we have a diary of when she's had the fits but at the minute we can't seem to find a common denominator. Will keep logging them though just in case. Thanks for that. xxxxx
Originally Posted by
Brundog
hope cassie is feeling better soon....((((hugs))))
Thanks Dani, she's just had a good play and is now out cold on the floor
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Originally Posted by
Anne-Marie
Poor Cassie (and both of you two, you must be shattered with not sleeping
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I hope they get this under control for you soon, it must be awful watching dear Cassie go through these fits
Thanks Anne-Marie. We are tired today but will be ok after a sleep.
It is awful to watch but to be honest, you go into auto pilot when it's happening and tend to lose the plot a bit when it's all over.
I was fine this morning until she was out of the fit then my legs went to jelly
Originally Posted by
Kicks
hope they get the meds levelled soon bless her x
Thanks Hazel xx
Originally Posted by
Loki's mum
I'm sure it's just a case of sorting her meds out. It can take a while, and my vet reckons that Collies can take longer to get established on medication than some other breeds. My Mum's Lottie had a fit last night too.
Thanks for that. The vet told John that Collies take longer to get established on the meds too. How very strange that Lottie had one last night too
I hope she's ok today too, bless her. It makes you wonder if the weather has anything to do with it too. My mate has said that to me before now as it was quite a warm night last night.
Thanks again everyone. What the vet did say today was that we were still well within the theraputic range of meds in her system so had a long way to go before we had to think about what the next step would be. If we reach the top of that range with the meds, we then need to look at referring to a specialist for a MRI scan. Thankfully we're a long way from having to do that yet. Fingers crossed we don't have to.