Out of the Blū

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Bear saw the vet today.

Bear saw the vet today. He's starting phenobarbital for his seizures. The vet is hoping they were caused by his monthly heartworm prevention, which he started on February 1st. We're going to skip it on March 1st and he'll still have a week on phenobarbital, then he'll be off both meds so that we can re-evaluate.

Here he is crashed out at the vet's office. We've never seen him nervous before, but he was clearly nervous about being taken somewhere without Cubba. I guess the nerves tired him out because he fell asleep while waiting for the results of his bloodwork (they were good, thank goodness).

Also, gotta give props to my super sweet husband for carrying Bear up and down the stairs at the vet's office because of his bad knees. Yes, there was a ramp, but Bear gets confused and tries to go off the edge. 😂 I definitely married the right one. ❤️

Monday, February 12, 2024

I wasn't going to post this...

I wasn't going to post this because of my junk pile and the leaves in the floor... But I changed my mind. We're moving some things around at the moment and that's just how things look right now. And Bear brings leaves in constantly from his favorite bush, so... 🤷🏻 It is what it is.

This is a sweet video of Bear and Cubba and Balthi (with a little Toebean running through). And my favorite, Shaun.

Also, apparently we ALL wear socks with sandals in this house. Shadow. Me. Kira wears them with her flip-flops and says "Look at my hooves!" 😂😂😂 And now I have Shaun on video doing it, too. Judge us. It's fine. 😂

Y'all, my heart hurts.

Y'all, my heart hurts. We caught Bear having a seizure on camera last night and it looked ROUGH. 😭 I am so sad he went through that alone, but he calmed down and rested well. Being a pound puppy, he's probably always been alone through them, anyway (if he had this issue before). 🙁 He seems totally fine this morning.

Shaun read that it's common when falling asleep / waking up and it's more prevalent in dogs under 2 years old and with small heads. Bear is still young and has that small, domed noggin. Poor baby.

We're still going to have him checked out. We'll definitely take the video. If anyone wants to see it, message me directly. It made me sad to watch, so I'm not putting that on the timeline. We never heard from the surgeon about his knees, so we need to do a follow-up appointment, anyway.

Edited to Add: Bear is seeing the vet tomorrow.