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Oct. 16th, 2018 08:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI saw Rufus having seizures (or one long seizure I guess) last night. He seems to still be aware of what's going on around him. He tries to follow people with his eyes and sometimes attempted to lick my nose when I got near him. He was having whole-body violent shivers like he might have if he was really cold. His head and limbs shook and he was unable to move himself around the couch. The best he could do was kind of squirm up against something or someone.
This seizure lasted longer than the last one; a little over an hour. I'd have been terrified if he hadn't been seen by the vet once already after the last one. I was still worried. I called the shelter so they knew what was going on and then talked to him and tried to make him feel comfortable. Eventually the episode passed and he was his usual self again.
Miriam is dropping him off at the vet's office today for a check of his liver function. I'm not sure what the treatment will be, if any. I don't know if his former people ever got him checked out, so they may be starting from scratch on diagnosis. It's probably idiopathic, but there might be some underlying problem that needs to be caught.
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I was up at 4:30 today to give Rufus a little walk before work and he was his happy, wiggly self. I may make this my routine. Bed around 8:30, up at 4:30 for a little doggy time and leisurely work preparation, then on my bike around quarter past five. That felt pretty good today.
I'm remembering my various levels of cold-weather gear for different temperatures. I had them worked out quite well when I was last doing winter commuting. It was in the mid 30s F today, so I wore a t-shirt, light sleeveless vest, arm warmers, and the warm ear flaps that attach to my bike helmet. I think once we get to freezing and below it will be time for the mid-weight long-sleeve jacket. My arms would get all sweaty in it right now. I don't remember how cold it has to be before the jacket isn't enough. Normally I'd go to the ski-jacket after that, but I'm too big for it so I might have to do some other kind of layering instead. It's nice to arrive at work without the bandanna I wear under my helmet being soaked in sweat!
This seizure lasted longer than the last one; a little over an hour. I'd have been terrified if he hadn't been seen by the vet once already after the last one. I was still worried. I called the shelter so they knew what was going on and then talked to him and tried to make him feel comfortable. Eventually the episode passed and he was his usual self again.
Miriam is dropping him off at the vet's office today for a check of his liver function. I'm not sure what the treatment will be, if any. I don't know if his former people ever got him checked out, so they may be starting from scratch on diagnosis. It's probably idiopathic, but there might be some underlying problem that needs to be caught.
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I was up at 4:30 today to give Rufus a little walk before work and he was his happy, wiggly self. I may make this my routine. Bed around 8:30, up at 4:30 for a little doggy time and leisurely work preparation, then on my bike around quarter past five. That felt pretty good today.
I'm remembering my various levels of cold-weather gear for different temperatures. I had them worked out quite well when I was last doing winter commuting. It was in the mid 30s F today, so I wore a t-shirt, light sleeveless vest, arm warmers, and the warm ear flaps that attach to my bike helmet. I think once we get to freezing and below it will be time for the mid-weight long-sleeve jacket. My arms would get all sweaty in it right now. I don't remember how cold it has to be before the jacket isn't enough. Normally I'd go to the ski-jacket after that, but I'm too big for it so I might have to do some other kind of layering instead. It's nice to arrive at work without the bandanna I wear under my helmet being soaked in sweat!
