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<personal> A rough patch
a year ago
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It’s all started from March.
March, 4
My dog Rick fainted in the early morning. Vet said that’s not very serious, but we should watch the dog.
March, 19 - March, 23
My horse Freya had colic. There was quite “fast” treatment.
March, 26 - April. 5
Freya had piroplasmosis. Very difficult and very expensive treatment. Her condition was almost on the verge of life and death.
March, 31 - now
Rick has digestive problems and worms. Very, very, very long treatment.
April, 20 - now
Freya has condition called “sweet itch” (at least we suspect this). She scratches her neck and tail until it bleeds. She’s very nervous. Sweet itch is something like allergic reaction to insects’ bites. This is not dangerous for life, of course, but I really want to help her.
May, 8
Rick fainted in the early morning again.
I’ll tell more about yesterday’s incident, cause I still haven’t recovered from this “experience”. As I said, Rick fainted at 5:30 am. To me it seemed like it was worse than at March, 4. And.. two “attacks” for two month don’t seem fine.
We went to neurologist, waited a very long time for an appointment and probably talked with the doctor for more than an hour. He said the words like “hydrocephalus”, “structural epilepsy” and “generalized seizure”. He said possible treatment from “no need to treat this if the episodes won’t happen again”, to anticonvulsants, to surgery. We’ll need an MRI to make an accurate diagnosis, but at the current moment all MRI machines in my area are broken. The neurologist need to compare an old (4 years ago) MRI with more “fresh” one. Then we’ll be able to decide what to do.
What about me? I even couldn’t stand and listen all of this. I leaned my back against the wall and sat on the floor of the doctor's office lol. Hello, anxiety, my old friend. Hello, nervous tic. Hello, apathy. But I can’t afford apathy, I need to work to earn money to treat my animals. And something for myself too haha, just cause I need eat to work and treat my back with massage courses to be able to sit and walk without headaches.
Thank you for reading. I’ll be grateful for any few kind words of support. I wish all of you and your animals the strong health!
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Wishing you the best, and also wishing a safe and fast recovery for your dear animals! I'm sending you positive energies, keep your spirit strong 💜
You're incredibly strong for having gotten this far Kaisar! My heart goes out to you and your animals, you sound like a very kind owner!
Best of luck, and fingers crossed they both recover fully
Thank you 🥺 I’m.. trying to be strong. I do my best.
I can’t have even a little break cause no one will take responsibility for my animals and their health..
My pets are my life, I'm so sorry all this stuff is happening to you and your pets. I hope you're able to deal with it all and you and your pets are okay.
My dog is my soul, I love him more than everything in my life. He’s a strong boy 🙏🏻
Thank you 🥺
*hugs...
Vix
I hope everything works out for you and your animals in the end! 💖
Thank you again
There's nothing as stressful as when your loved ones are sick. I really feel for you. :( I'm glad the vet is at least discussing epilepsy with you, but it would be a good idea to get some meds for your dog asap. If it's happened twice it will likely happen again. Better to be proactive 🙏🏻 Seizures are no joke.
Sending you strength and well wishes, I know what it's like and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
In our case we need a new MRI to see if anything changed for 4 years. Vet said there was cerebellar ataxia visible, but it only affected the dog’s strange gait and didn’t interfere with life. I really do hope there’s nothing serious but of course we need to check..
Neurologist said Rick don’t need meds now, but we need to watch him and take a video if this repeats. And if the “seizure” will be more then few minutes we’ll need to go to clinic for special meds, as no one will give us anticonvulsants injections to keep at home, as it’s considered as drugs I suppose. So now I’m at home with Rick 24/7, he’s my soul, I’ll do everything for him
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
That sounds like a really tough situation. :( You must be so tired. You're a great owner, Rick and Freya are both very lucky to have you. 🙏🏻