Welcome to Sunny Daze Blog

Hi Friends,

I've decided to create this blog as a place to keep you informed on how me and Sunny are doing and also as a source for other people who have a beloved pet with chronic seizures from Epilepsy.

First off, I am simply amazed at the support we've got from our friends at the dog park, you people are the best!!! I mean imagine this...You're sitting at home one Saturday morning and your phone rings, you pick it up and it's Bill. "Hi Alvin, it's Bill; Simone, Sadie, and I would like to have a party for Sunny this evening to send him good vibes and mojo", later that evening several people show up at Bill, Simone and Sadie's house "with their dogs" and we all have a great time and everyone is feeling the good vibes and mojo for days. Or you tell a friend that your dog can't walk unassisted and when you come home there is a harness and treats sitting on your door step (Thanks again Meg). Then there is Emily and Molly who over the years house sat with Sunny, showed up with little or no notice to give him meds and love. OMG, I could go on for days about the kind words, support and prayers, the point is...if you don't have dog park people in your life, get them.

Sunny and I spend a lot of our out time at the Aptos Dog Park at the Aptos Polo Grounds. There is a great online community group set up for the dog park (thanks David Silver) with tons of photo's, event updates, and a discussion forum, Here is the link to it: Aptos Dog Park

Stay tuned for my next post where I'll share how the Sunny story began and give you a quick update on how Sunny is doing.

Here is Sunny's progress report for today...

Sunny has had a great few days since I almost put him to rest on Monday. He's up and walking, playing, eating well, and his seizures although daily are very small compared to how they were a few weeks ago. In case you weren't on the Yahoo group or didn't get the email from me that explains what was going on, I've included it below. The joke is that Sunny must have realized that I decided he can have anything he wants in his last days so he doesn't have any reason to check out anytime soon.

>>>>>>>> Email sent on Tuesday June 10, 2008

Dear Friends,

I understand there has been some discussion and concern about me and Sunny, Thank you for thinking of us.

So as you know Sunny has been on quite a roller coaster ride over the last few weeks. Unfortunately he’s spent most of the time at the bottom and it’s been really touch and go several times. After consulting with the doctors and some people I resolved on Sunday to put him to rest so I went out and bought him all his favorite treats and squeaky toys so his last bit of time will be as happy as possible. I figure if he wants to eat a ball now, well… what the “F”. I also pulled back on some of his meds that I know are affecting his mobility.

Well yesterday Sunny got up and started walking again and was even mobile enough that we paid a short visit to the dog park and played some serious ball on the grass. He had a fairly lengthy but moderate seizure before falling asleep last night but it wasn’t anything that I’d consider outrageous (hopefully my judgment on seizure levels and tolerance for them isn’t completely out of whack).

Today Sunny got up and took care of business (you know what I mean) which is a huge step in the right direction. He’s had a couple really small seizures, 3-7 seconds but seems to be doing pretty good overall.

Sunny is far from out of the woods to say the least…but I don’t plan on letting him get away with swallowing any balls today :)).

At this point my plan is for Sunny to live everyday as if it’s his last, the treats will keep flowing, he will see you at the dog park or at the beach when he can make it and we’ll just take each moment as it comes.

Thanks again for all your support, good wishes, and prayers.

Alvin and Sunny.

Alvin Cordeiro