The damn Tuesday again.
It was a small Grand Mal and had it not been for some very subtle signs I would have never discovered that he actually had one.
He seemed 'perfectly normal' for Blink that is, when I got home from work.
First thing I noticed was that he was slightly wet on one side and I could smell some urine on his hair. But since he had just been outside and it's been raining and snowing, I figured he either brushed against a wet bush where the boys had peed or sat in a spot that the boys had just marked. Then though my husband asked if Blink was limping cause he ran funny. At a slow walk we couldn't see anything. Then he pointed out that Blink must really be hungry today, cause he'd been checking out the counters, not something he usually does.
OK, so while giving Blink a hug, I noticed he had some bubbles of saliva around the front of his mouth, but yet again, given that he's been outside, he sometimes drools after the girls had peed, the typical male that he is.
All of a sudden though the red light started flashing in my head; wet, drool, uncoordinated, hungry .....
I asked my husband if he had put Blink in the bedroom at all throughout the day and he said that only in the late afternoon when he went downstairs and to separate him from Riot as the kids tend to get rowdy when not watched.
OK then. Off I went investigating the bedroom.
His bed was clean, so were the other dog beds. I crawled under our bed and found some fresh drool. So I grabbed a flash light and paper towels and crawled back under to clean it up and investigate further. It could have been one of the cats, since they've been known to leave this sort of deposits often.
I padded around the perimeter, sniffed the carpet all around, nothing.
Then went to the other side of the bed (it's a king, so it's wide) and crawled under again. There I found the wet urine spot. So it did happen afterall.
Dang it.
Guess I was celebrating too much and too loud Blink's fantastic flyball weekend and his team's awesome accomplishment to be able to live in peace and stay happy for a long time.
I was even starting to make plans and seriously considering going to the Splash Dogs Nationals in November to Las Vegas and letting him compete.
Way to spoil it all. Rude awakening for sure.
Need to remember to take it day by day, literally. It is what it is.
Right now, I'll be focusing in getting his motor skills back to normal, as his rear is weakened and his awareness of it all messed up, hence us noticing him moving weird or more like tripping over his legs while running.
Of course, extra hugs are in order too, not that he doesn't get those already ;-)
2 comments:
Glad to hear that Blink is doing ok! Whew! He's lucky to have you!
I heard of a young Lock-Eye dog that had a seizure today too. It sucks. No relation to Rift thank God.
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