Thanks, Solomon has been with us for a long while (over 15 years). We like to think that she's special.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > Had a similar experience with my dog (cocker spaniel). He > has epilepsy but always real mild. He would primarily get > dazed and just sort of zone out for a few minutes but then be > fine. The vet said that those sorts of seizures don't have > any side effects, it's just scary while the dog is going > through it, but once they come out of they're fine. The > medication puts stress on the liver and kidneys so it's > better for the dog to just have the seizures rather then take > a risk of A.) shortening his life and/or B.) making the tail > end of that life full of physical problems and most likely > having him in pain for the last legs of his life. So we > opted out of medication. As time went on though, his > seizures got worse and worse and more frequent. Finally, it > came to a head one day when I was > playing ball with him and as he was running back when he went > into a violent seizure. It was the scariest and most > horrifying experience in my life. We didn't have kids yet, > so he was like our kid and it was like watching your kid go > through this. My wife and I waited a few minutes to see if > it would stop and it didn't. We got in the car and drove 20 > minutes to the nearest emergency vet clinic and his seizure > stopped about a minute away from the vet. Did a whole bunch > of blood tests and other tests and all came back negative. > The bill was $500. Got him started on Phenobarbital and > didn't have any more seizures. Had to do blood tests every 6 > months for the next two years at $125 a pop to get to the > absolute minimal level of Phenobarbital that we could so that > we could reduce as > much as possible any side effects. Finally got him to a > really mild dose and by all medical standards shouldn't even > work, but we give 150 mg a day he does just fine. We still > do an annual workup and that runs about $175, but so far no > negative effects on either his liver or kidneys so he's doing > pretty well. Of course only time will tell. > > I'm glad to hear that your cat is doing well. I totally know > how scary that is. We would tell people about it and they > couldn't believe that we would spend, all told over $1000 and > growing, on a dog, but they just don't get it. He's a great > dog and we love him like he was our own kid. I wouldn't have > it any other way. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Lyons > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:21 AM > Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > I'm still trying to recover from a very rough weekend. > > first of all Wendy and I went to see Ice Age on Friday - a > very good film. > Quite funny. > > then when we got home around midnight we found our cat > Solomon in very bad > shape lying on the floor. First we tried to get her to eat > something, in > case it was some sort of insulin reaction - she's diabetic. > > However she did ate very little and was not reacting much > at this point. We > rushed her to what we thought was a nearby 24 hour > emergency vet clinic. > Guess what while it advertised that it was a 24 hour clinic > no such luck the > place was closed. > > So we went to the next one about 15 miles away in Vienna, > Virginia. Along > the way the cat began to go into convulsions. At that point > I figure I was > breaking tons of traffic laws the way I was driving down > I-66 trying to get > to the clinic. Fortunately there were not state police on > the way. I never > knew this Saturn could go so fast. Anyhow we manage to make > it there in > time. They took her in right away. Apparently her glucose > levels at this > point was less than 20. Normal levels are between 70 and > 120. So they > started her on a glucose solution IV. Around 4 am they said > that they wanted > to keep her overnight to watch her etc. So we finally made > it home around > 5am. We called later (Saturday evening) and were told we > could pick her up. > The bill came to over $400. Ouch. > > So needless my weekend sucked. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:52 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > > > > What happened over there in the states???!!! Are you people > > awake or what! > > It's almost 11:00 am on the East coast and hardly a peep from > > the regulars! > > > > <grin> > > > > And where's Howard been all weekend ... I was looking > forward to some > > excellent reading today! > > > > Huggles all!!!! > > > > > > Erika > > (with a *K* in the UK) > > > > Todd for President!!!! > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Erika L. Walker-Arnold, VP, RUWebby, LLC > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Partner > > Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
