Maude was a proud supporter of gay pride last summer
Last night Maude had two seizures. I was in the study writing and she was sleeping at my feet when the first one came. She rolled to her side and convulsed for under one minute. When she came out of it she was disoriented. Almost twenty minutes later she had another seizure that lasted for 30 seconds. It was almost as though she hadn’t fully recovered from the first one. Naturally she was rushed to the veterinarian.
In November Maude found it difficult to walk on her left leg. We learned that she had to have surgery to replace her knee (it’s more complicated than that but I’m making it easy for everyone to understand!)
Before the surgery on December 8 she suffered her first seizure. A week later she went under the knife and since then has almost fully recuperated and is walking well on her new leg.
On January 1st she had a second seizure and yesterday she had two more. The vet said that under these circumstances it’s clear that the frequency of the seizures are increasing and that she would diagnose Maude as having epilepsy.
However nothing is conclusive until she sees the neurologist on Monday who will make the official diagnosis. The vet was very reassuring. She said that the duress of both the leg injury and subsequent surgery may have triggered the seizures and that they may go away as quickly as they appeared, which is what I believe will happen.
On the other hand, if she does have epilepsy it’s nothing that medication can’t fix. The veterinarian said that epilepsy usually presents itself in dogs from the ages of 1 to 5 years of age and if dogs present seizures at about 4 or 5-years-old it’s an indication that they may have something more serious, like a brain tumour. So far it is not suspected that Maude has a brain tumour.
Keith and I have been updating friends and family about Maude and everyone assumes that she is experiencing these health issues because she is an English Bulldog. Nothing is further from the truth. In fact we have been told that none of her conditions are breed specific and that they can happen in dogs of all shapes and sizes.
English Bulldogs are the best dog breed, as far as I’m concerned. Unless you own one you’ll never understand what loving, loyal animals they are.
So that’s my update on Maude for everyone who has been writing to me and asking. Right now she’s in the master bedroom sleeping on the bed, as she is known to do. When she is conscious she is alert and present.
I hope to put this past us real soon.
She looks so impressed
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