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  1. Too new to PM but would be glad to fill out the questionnaire. I lost my second girl Morgaine to Status Epilepticus. As my vet explained it (and my Dr. best friend concurred) she experienced an initial seizure that never stopped. My walker found her, called me and with help we got her to the emergency hospital where she lost her fight. My own vet explained to me that what happened to her is similar to aneurysms where you hear that someone just suddenly dropped dead.

     

    She was a happy, healthy girl right up until the moment the seizure took her.

     

    Anything that I can do to help another grey to avoid this, I'm happy to do.

  2. Emmy will make it through this because she has you there to map out the way for her. One of my step-IGs was born deaf and then went blind overnight one Christmas. It bothered all of us but she was pretty okay with it. Her sister had always looked out for her because of her deafness and she just kicked it up a notch when she lost her sight. We have several years of photos showing us with alien pregnancies (she liked to crawl inside your top) and sometimes with her head peeking out the neckline. Emmy will need more closeness but talk to her, help her learn and this will just be a new part of life for all of you.

  3. Thank you both! This scratch isn't on her eyeball. For that I would have stayed home today and had the vet come over to the apartment the very first moment he had! Her walker says it looks fine, just the little bit of red that I saw. She thinks that maybe she was stung by one of the multitude of gnats in the park by my house. My vet knows me really well, he has seen me through letting go of my 19 year old greygirl and the loss by stroke of my last greygirl. He knows that I will call him for any and everything!!! I'm usually calm, having shown and bred dogs since I was a kid but the losses really knocked me for a loop with those two. I came home from a dog show once when I was a kid and had fallen in love with a Great Dane and my vet very bluntly told me that I could never have one, they don't live long enough and I would be hysterical. I do tend to lose it when my angels leave me.

  4. Does anyone have any experience with eyelid scratches (and how to deal with them)? Last night on our walk something seemed to bother Aquitaine and she started to scratch her eye with her paw. I stopped her and then ran my hand over her eye in case there was a goopy she was trying to remove. I didn't find anything and she didn't show any pain. This morning her eyelid is pink. I ran my hand over it and again, no pain.

     

    I emailed my vet and he said if she was showing discomfort he should see her. He is home care so he can go over there today if need be. I've asked her walker to let me know if it seems to have gotten worse or if it bothers her. I can call Dr. Andy to go over there this afternoon if he needs to.

     

    If it is just a scratch, has anyone dealt with this before and is there anything you did/can do for the hound?

     

    Thanks for any idea/suggestion.

  5. Adding my prayers for you and Festus. I know how hard it is to let them go, but a part of them always remains

    behind in our hearts. Bless you for loving these babies so much and not turning your back on the cat as so many

    others would have done.

    It is hard to let them go, my heart is aching for you. You have put so much love into these babies. That is what is going to keep you strong. I send hugs and Aquitaine sends snuggles and roos.

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