Dock is still kickin around. She is bloated from the pred, and she is slow from the muscle wasting. I have her on an alternating schedule of 5 days of pred twice daily, then 5 days with pred once daily. I actually noticed that her odd behaviour on the once daily resolves when we increase the dose. She was also having a few head tremors on the once daily dose. Since on the twice daily, she is better, though we also up'ed her gabapentin and tramadol to twice daily, so she is a bit groggy from those meds, so can't quite say if it's the extra pred, or the extra pain meds that's helping her most. Tonight is her last dose, then it's down to once daily. She is super hungry, and even cries for food now.
I know it won't be long though. She came up to visit us last night in bed at about 1:30am. Usually she doesn't, so this was odd behaviour. She will usually have a snuggle with me for a bit, then leave, but she felt more like visiting her dad and sat with him for about 5 minutes. At that point, we don't know if she tried to get off the bed and tripped or if she fell off the bed. Either way, she went back downstairs and settled in for the night.
She is more withdrawn lately (once again, not sure if due to the pain meds or not), the strabismus is off and on, she's weak, she stumbles and bothers with her left eye from time to time. I don't know how much more of this both of us can handle. We were given a prognosis of 6-8 months, and it's been over 9 since her first seizure and odd sleeping behaviour. I guess I am really thankful that I have a great hubby for support, and a great vet clinic to keep things in perspective with her health care. My vet clinic did a new quality of life scale, more geared for owners, so I'm going to get one today and see where she falls now. I know it will be a lower number than before, so I know we are nearing the end. I'll just continue to give her the pets and love that she deserves.
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