Once more, with feeling.

Mostly feeling of desperation. Kinley just took his first Keppra (the generic but the generic name is like some kind of Lovecraftian mega monster with a bajillion consonant). The plan now is to wean him off the Zonisimide while giving him Keppra three times a day. This so far has resulted in Kinley staggering about gamely while I try not to burst into tears.

I had to go to Costco this morning to get it. On a Saturday. But since it's you know, brain drugs it wasn't likely to wait until Monday. It was crazy there. Luckily after parking (a twenty minute fiasco) I was able to run into the pharmacy and leave, post haste.

I have a little chart of his meds, since they have to be reduced every three days until he is only taking the Keppra. It has to be given like so 8:00 am, 2:00 pm, 8:00 pm. Luckily Kinley travels well in the car because on half days I'll have to dose him in the school parking lot.

Ah, how I remember the days when dosing in the school parking lot meant something utterly different.

Keppra is a relatively new drug in regard to canine epilepsy and until very recently, like Zonisomide was crazy expensive. While I am not happy to have a need for it, I am grateful it's affordable, it is used when a dog is resistant to other meds and is having several seizures a month.

In Kinley's case he will seize on and off all day, because they are focal seizure they look benign but they are just as damaging as a Grand Mal and inflict repeat damage on a very well specific (focal) part of the brain. I'm going to post a video of one of Kinleys' first seizures. it makes me sad, but if you ever see your dog doing this, he's not just being a weirdo.

In Kinley's case he's being a weirdo with seizures, but you get my drift.

Since this was taken, his seizures are more dynamic and there is involvement with his neck. Meaning he will be twisted around as if he is looking at his flank. The longest was 11 minutes and that was the one that sent us to South Paws. He will also paw the area of his skull (right side over his eye) where the damaged brain area is.

Usually focal seizures are caused by brain injury or infection and we had a horrible week where everything was in consensus that he had a brain tumor. This was given the rapidity and severity of his seizures. Thankfully, this was not the case. Since we know he was shot with a shotgun at 4 months, it is more then likely this was a result of brain trauma either as a direct result of the shooting or other abuse.

So far there are no negative behavioral changes, that is really my biggest fear at the moment, but not one that is usually realized.

 He just slid down the stairs. Kinley is an extreme dog and this is why this aspect of it is so hard, he is used to running and leaping and bounding and can't fathom why he is so clumsy all of a sudden.

Palin vs Gaga

Ok, Palin totally kicked ass.

My boys- November

Kinley

Happy Dog

Hamid and Kinley

Glad he knows them...

Kinley on the left Baxter on the right.

Kinley

Kinley

Kinley

Baxter in the front.

You should know by now.

I HATE that Hamid has that stupid time and date stamp, anyone know how to get rid of that? Kinley is so handsome that you kind of lose track of how many pictures you took of him.

We had to increase his anti seizure medicine again, he is now on the highest dose. Think good thoughts.

Click on the first pic and see it close up.

*shakes fist*

Bastards.

New Ipad

I know it's wrong to be bitter, but come on.......I just bought it in December and now you come out with this totally kick ass one with this totally kick ass cover?! Really?

I know it's shallow and it's selfish and it's stupid to feel the deep resentment and longing you have stirred up in me.

But, dude, did you see that cover?!

About Sums It Up

So, this business thing. This whole paying attention, reading, doing taxes and learning what the hell SEO is, thing. It's kinda tiring. Because with a made thing, say a plush, let's go with plush, the process ends. What I mean is when I make something there's the start and then Poof! there is the finished product.

No so much with the learning. The brain works, the eyes read, the fingers type but there is no Poof! As a result my brain just keeps ambling along all open ended and tired like.

Then there is the compartmentalization aspect. Who knew pulling together a bajillion ideas into some sort of sharable format would be so, well, hard? Winnowing, I suppose getting to use that word makes some of the process more bearable but still.

I have note taking applications. I don't think one can really grasp how all over the map one is until you start to write everything down as it arrives frontal lobe and center. Which in a way is sort of cool. Because I realise that a lot of time I thought I was being unproductive, I wasn't. But if I don't write it down post haste then it's gone.

I guess notes are the Poof! in the Pudding, so to speak. (It's late so I get a bad pun pass). If I can keep going I may actually come out of this with something to show for it. And by something I mean you know, money.

Marketing course, blogging courses, positive life changing babble from positive life changers-into. It's a whole new world. It's not one I want to LIVE in per say, but it's one I better figure out how to inhabit part time.

Stick around, it could get interesting over the next couple of months. And by interesting I mean changes to the blog and shops and not so much my head exploding.

p.s. I just realized I had the comment permission set to author only. I don't know why anyone would want to comment to themselves, but anyway, it's fixed all proper like. I was kinda wondering why everyone was so quiet...

Ode To The Etsy Front Page

The blog, it is a'changin'

Bear with me while we move stuff around and generally disrepair the place. The blog is getting a revamp along with a couple of my shops and so it's been a little wonky around here. The dust should have settled and been cleared by the end of the month.