25-08-2024, 08:40 AM
We had an old Staffie cross who had been a great pig hunting dog for all of his long life. He came home to us when his owner decided he was no longer up to the job and was going to shoot him. He was a honey of a dog, the sweetest love, and he was with our lot for a year then I let him become the house dog for those last few months. He too developed epilepsy and so we had the local vet come up and give him the mercy gift. It was a much better end than a bullet in the bush I think but probably just as quick. He had earned the kindness.
Epilepsy is no fun, my Mum developed it in her early fiftes. She said the aftermaths were worse than the migraines she'd had since a child - probably related, though the neurologist could find no physical cause. The technology in the seventies wasn't as sophisticated as it is now. Interesting though that as she went through the TIAs and progressed into the big strokes the seizures stopped, so they must have destroyed the part of her brain initiating the storms. One drug fewer to take every morning. Boy she was on a handful of those for years, I am very pleased to just have my two! Things were very different back then...
Epilepsy is no fun, my Mum developed it in her early fiftes. She said the aftermaths were worse than the migraines she'd had since a child - probably related, though the neurologist could find no physical cause. The technology in the seventies wasn't as sophisticated as it is now. Interesting though that as she went through the TIAs and progressed into the big strokes the seizures stopped, so they must have destroyed the part of her brain initiating the storms. One drug fewer to take every morning. Boy she was on a handful of those for years, I am very pleased to just have my two! Things were very different back then...