I'll be taking a bit of a blogging break as I'm nursing my little Dudley back to his normal self. This past weekend his was struck suddenly with a condition called Vestibular Disease. It is apparently a pretty common condition for dogs and cats in the 12 - 13 year age range. Basically, it is a swelling of the brain in the Vestibular region which is the area that connects to the inner ear. This causes problems with the dogs equilibrium and basically, his whole world is upside down for a time. This affects the dog or cats abilility to stand, walk, eat, drink etc.All this started while Chris was out of town, I always tell him he misses all the fun around here when he goes away because that always seems to be when all hell breaks loose. I really think that if I had a "go" button in my car and pressed it, the car would go on autopilot back to the vet's office.....it has just been one of those weeks. : )
The good news is that Dudley, like most animals stricken with this disease, will make a full recovery. This usually happens over the course of weeks so I will be a busy mom in aiding him back to health and his normal daily routine. If you haven't heard of this condition (and I sure hadn't before this past weekend) it is worth your time to Google it and learn a little more about it if you have a senior dog or cat. I wish I had known about it before this weekend let me tell ya.
Dudley says "woof" to all his friends in blog land and he will see you all in a couple of weeks when he is 100% again.
