Thursday, June 28, 2012

Max is trying to stand up!

So.... in my last post I mentioned it's the little things that we're grateful for and give us hope!  Well... today Max made a big old stride and gave us something big to be happy about!  For the last couple of days, when I put max in a sternal position on his chest, he's been using his hind legs to re-adjust himself. The first time I thought it was a fluke, the second time, I thought maybe there's something to it.. The 3rd time, I knew he was doing it on purpose!

Over the last few days, Max has been sleeping a ridiculous amount. At first I thought it was a sign that he was getting ready to say goodbye.. then it dawned on me, he's lost some weight but he's still on mega doses of prednisone and his very low dose of 100mg of keppra. That could be knocking him out. He's back on his chinese herbs - the ones that break through the blood brain barrier and carry other drugs right to the brain and kind of magnify them... so I decided to cut back his prednisone slightly from 2.5ml 2x /day to 2ml 2x day  and move his 100mg of keppra from morning to night time.

Sometimes it's hard to remember that the pharmaceuticals can be dulling the mind and make it harder to recover.. you just have to be very careful how to change it up to try and make them sharper.. and see if it works..

Max also has had 3 rounds of acupuncture so far. Tomorrow will be his 4th round.

I'm not sure if it was one thing in particular or a combination or just timing but today he made some big strides!

When Max had his head rubbed today he tried to lift his head!  His eyes were wide open and moving around and he was watching everyone.. Then he started to move his back leg, then both and then he tried to push his rear end up!  I managed to get a little of this on film, but not the big push when he got his whole rear end airborn for a few seconds!  He's been able to move his left arm for about a week now, and that arm is getting stronger and stronger. He still struggles to control the movement but he can focus and make it move.  He did manage to slide it out from under a towel this afternoon too!

Anyway - here's the video of Max moving his back legs and trying to stand up!



He's definitely a super dog!!! He's working hard!!! GO MAX!

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