Full Moon Seizure watch 2

I'm happy to report that Sunny's seizures have subsided substantially although he is still off balance, at least more than I expect is normal for him.

Thank you for your support on the "Moon Concept" although I'm thinking that the full moon issues run far deeper than just a one-to-one correlation with Sunny's seizures.

For example, after my last post I realized that for some strange reason I decided to change Sunny's diet and mix in a little of his older unused Nutro dry food, than even stranger I cooked up some brown rice to feed him with a left-over chicken breast I had. I've never done that, so obviously I need to account for changes I made as well.

Hmmmm...any possibility that my changes or sudden urges to be more frugal could be related to the full moon? Well, we will see, I've decided to create a Google Spreadsheet where I can keep a log of his seizures as well as my behaviors to see if anything starts to stand out over time. I've made the spreadsheet publicly available and you can access it from the link below. Ive also set the spreadsheet up in a way that will allow for others to log their pets seizures too. If you have a pet that has seizures and would like to combine logs, send me an email at alvin@bizam.com and I will setup the permissions for you to edit the document.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pUPzBIrt0kWo5CXoQHygnGQ&hl=en

I look forward to seeing, hearing from, or talking with you soon.

Alvin

Full Moon Seizure watch

This is going to seem like a really strange post to some of you but its an exercise I need to go through.

When Sunny first started having his seizures I found an article that suggested I keep a log of everything he did, ate, etc just prior. One thing seemed fairly consitent. I really hesitated to tell anyone because it seemed far fetched it could have anything to do with his seizures. It seemed that Sunny's monthy onset of seizures always started 2-3 days prior and lasted a couple of days after the full moon, and they seemed to be their worse on the full moon. Well guess what tonight is...and yest, after my last post when I said Sunny has been seizure free, he had a couple yesterday and a couple today as well.

Today's date is 8/14/08 and the site below will show the phase of the moon for today.
http://www.briancasey.org/artifacts/astro/moon.cgi

I think I'll try and keep a public record of his seizures along with the phase of the moon when they come just to see if there is really a pattern.

When I asked the Neurologist about this he did say there is a lot of evidence that the moon affects nature and sited the tides, emergency room activity and increases of child births on the full moon.

Really, I'm slightly embaraced to even put this in writting but perhaps a log such as this will be of use to someone.

On the road

Great news...Sunny is doing really well!!!

He's on some fairly high doses of medicine and pretty slow and wobbly, well a little more than I expect is normal for him anyway. But I've just realized that its been over a week or maybe even two weeks since I've seen him have a seizure. That's worth a great big WOOOHOOOO!!!!

On that high note I'd like to thank you again for all your support, best wishes and delivery of good mojo in all its forms for me and Sunny. I really believe he wouldn't be doing this well without it.

With that in mind, many of you know motorcycle side car Smokey and his driver Alan. Although I don't know all the details I do know Smokey has been having seizures now as well and can really use your good energy. Please send some their way.

ROAD TRIP...

Yes, Sunny seemed to be doing well enough that we were able to take a road trip up north. Sunny loves to ride in the motor home where he can lay down between the seats in a perfect position to get petted, feel the warmth of the engine and be nice and close to me as we head on down the road.


First we headed all the way to Arcata and hung out at my daughters house for a few days where she threw a dog party and Sunny got to enjoy the company of 15 other dogs. It was amazing how well behaved they all were. Even though there was BBQ and treats to be had, they all seemed so happy to play and they didn't even seem to care about the food. Well, except for sunny of course, he decided to keep a close eye on it :) Here are some pictures from the party.









On our way back we went through the Avenue of the Giants where every dog's dream tree lives. Sunny always liked the cool shade and wonderful forest scents, I think it reminds him of our long hikes through Nicene Marks when he was a puppy.





Many of you know how great my daughter is with animals and how well she has trained Woody. Now for the first time ever we've got a live shot of her training technique in action..."Sunny, this is how big boy dogs pee on a Redwood tree" she's a true master trainer. LOL






Then we cut over to the coast which is another favorite for me and Sunny. After a long day of hiking and playing on the beach we found this wonderful place to just sit back and take it all in