What a difference a day makes... I think. Yesterday was Max's first day back on his regular dose of Keppra. He was still a man in motion... The below video is only 4 minutes.. but when Max starts moving.. he's moving CONSTANTLY for hours.. Last night he woke up at 1:45AM and didn't start to tire out until 4AM. I finally had to grab him and put him in bed. As soon as he lay on his side and finally put his head down, he was out cold until 8:45AM... but while he's walking around the house he's waking EVERYONE up, including the other dogs who try and hide from him so they can get some sleep too! (the video below is of Max yesterday)
Today I wanted to get him back on his old keppra schedule so I waited until late afternoon to give him his 125mg. He was much more alert than I've seen him in a while. He had his last 125mg of Keppra at 11pm and around 11AM he started to chase #2 when he was playing with a squeeky football and he even tried to nip at him and herd him! Rex was flinging stuffed animals by Max and Max went over and tried to join in for a minute.. Then Rex body slammed Max (He has a bad habit of body slamming everyone - he really does think he's the King of the world). This is the best part! Max was not going to have any of it and actually jumped Rex, growling and teeth out and nipped at him and told him to back off! Max went for a ride in the car and did well. He was able to stop the constant movement and run into the kitchen when he heard someone in there so he could see if there was food to be had. He was sniffing things outside in the garden, coming when called, sitting when asked, checking to see what everyone was doing and even came over for a few snuggles! - pretty normal. The only thing he did that drove me nuts today was step in his water bowl and flip it 4 times (so far) today. I have now moved it and hopefully he won't do it again in it's new place.. He's even been able to come in for a landing and lie down and just sit and watch things vs. pacing and then passing out.
I did give him his keppra at 5:30.. and he fell asleep right before dinner! Something I haven't seen in a LONG time! He did wake up and got upset he had been forgotten - but did eat his dinner and then helped Rex finish off Buttercups dinner (which probably means we have another issue to deal with - she doesn't normally NOT eat)
So he's been moving constantly since he finished dinner (7:30 until now 9pm) and just lay down to zonk out. I'm hoping he will get up, go potty, go to bed and then stay asleep without pacing for the rest of the night... It would be nice to be back to normal. I'm beginning to believe that this has been tied more to the keppra than anything else. I was worried yesterday and this AM. I'll still be watching carefully the next week or so, but hopefully we'll keep seeing improvement! and Hopefully Buttercup is ok!
Today I wanted to get him back on his old keppra schedule so I waited until late afternoon to give him his 125mg. He was much more alert than I've seen him in a while. He had his last 125mg of Keppra at 11pm and around 11AM he started to chase #2 when he was playing with a squeeky football and he even tried to nip at him and herd him! Rex was flinging stuffed animals by Max and Max went over and tried to join in for a minute.. Then Rex body slammed Max (He has a bad habit of body slamming everyone - he really does think he's the King of the world). This is the best part! Max was not going to have any of it and actually jumped Rex, growling and teeth out and nipped at him and told him to back off! Max went for a ride in the car and did well. He was able to stop the constant movement and run into the kitchen when he heard someone in there so he could see if there was food to be had. He was sniffing things outside in the garden, coming when called, sitting when asked, checking to see what everyone was doing and even came over for a few snuggles! - pretty normal. The only thing he did that drove me nuts today was step in his water bowl and flip it 4 times (so far) today. I have now moved it and hopefully he won't do it again in it's new place.. He's even been able to come in for a landing and lie down and just sit and watch things vs. pacing and then passing out.
I did give him his keppra at 5:30.. and he fell asleep right before dinner! Something I haven't seen in a LONG time! He did wake up and got upset he had been forgotten - but did eat his dinner and then helped Rex finish off Buttercups dinner (which probably means we have another issue to deal with - she doesn't normally NOT eat)
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| Rex & Max eating Buttercups Dinner |
So he's been moving constantly since he finished dinner (7:30 until now 9pm) and just lay down to zonk out. I'm hoping he will get up, go potty, go to bed and then stay asleep without pacing for the rest of the night... It would be nice to be back to normal. I'm beginning to believe that this has been tied more to the keppra than anything else. I was worried yesterday and this AM. I'll still be watching carefully the next week or so, but hopefully we'll keep seeing improvement! and Hopefully Buttercup is ok!
How is Max today? Is he still pacing? Does the vet have any idea if this is connected to the tumor?
ReplyDeleteHe's still pacing - we're not sure yet - I haven't done another MRI - just giving it some time... His dullness is definitely due to drugs.. but I don't know if it's entirely due to them yet... Today he did play with a tennis ball at the vet office though when he was getting acupuncture!
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