The sun will come out tomorrow....

Panda seems to be improving! We had a rough week there, but this week she seems to be doing better. She is still spending much more time in the kennel than she used to, but is also coming out to the living room and laying down by my feet which is normal for her. We think she may have had a stroke, possibly brought on by the seizures. She had a week that was very dark, in pain and I think confused, just laying in her kennel. But now she has rejoined us, still no running or playing, but definately she is a happier dog than a week ago.

Here's why we think it was a stroke; her right eye is still "off", it looks different than the other eye, the pupil is huge and the eye is further back in her head. Her right muzzle hangs lower than her left when she's panting. She is having much more difficulty drinking water - she's getting enough, but she's making a terrible mess like her tongue doesn't work properly. There is water all over the floor each time she drinks; we have a mat under the water dish to catch the spills.

She is still overly jumpy, still urinating in house (although that's been better too- we are watching her like a hawk and getting her outside more), and still not her normal happy self, but I do see that she feels better. Her tail has that gentle half wag that I haven't seen in awhile. She still hasn't run or played with the other dogs in a month, but I'm hopeful that will come back too.

I've been reading up on strokes, seizures, and brain tumors in dogs. She may have forgotten previous house rules and we'll need to work on retraining her about going outside. Her personality may have changed also and I think there is a mental slowness that wasn't there before, but regardless, she doesn't seem to be in pain which makes me feel a whole lot better.