The circling and confusion is the sort of behaviour you get when a dog
has a stroke and the first twenty-four hours after the stroke are
normally the worst with some co-ordination coming back after that.

Kerry

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> From: homeopathy-bounces (AT) homeolist (DOT) com [mailto:homeopathy-
> bounces (AT) homeolist (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Robert & Shannon Nelson
> Sent: 05 June 2006 14:43
> To: homeopathy (AT) homeolist (DOT) com
> Subject: [H] Sudden illness
>
> This is about a dog rather than a person, but am hoping folks might
> have ideas.
>
> This is a 12-year-old dog who has had health problems in the past, but
> for the past few months has been doing very well (in context).
> Saturday evening she suddenly jumped up as if startled, vomited and
> urinated, spent a minute or so walking in circles, then staggered off
> to another place and lay down again, looking "confused". From that
> point she grew rapidly weaker, until at times she has been unable to
> stand (tho at other times is able to stagger around reasonably
> successfully). Over the next hour or so her right eyelid began an
> rhythmic twitch or tic, drawing upward as tho a string tied near the
> middle of her upper eyelid, going about one tic per second, or a bit
> faster. Later her head also began to move slightly in a similar
> rhythm. By now, about 36 hours later, she seems stronger, is
> staggering to where she wants to go fairly well, but extremely
> uncoordinated, and it seems as tho her balance is off too.
>
> Sometimes she drinks, but vomits it up again within a few minutes;
> sometimes she vomits froth, and sometimes deep yellow liquid.
>
> I don't think there is any poison around that she could have eaten,
and
> I think this is something internal (even brain tumor???), but am very
> interested in any thoughts!
>
> Over the past few months she has had episodes of jumping up from a
rest
> as tho startled. She would then look around with a sort of
exasperated
> expression, then lie back down. This has been just every now and
then,
> perhaps a few times a week recently.
>
> Frankly I've been expecting her to die "any day now" for about the
past
> year (tho for my of that time she's been perky and energetic), and am
> having a hard time finding my right "place" with this episode. My
> *feeling* is that it's perhaps her time to go, and my main inclination
> is to keep her happy until she passes. But I also would love to
> understand what might be happening. Anyone here seen anything like
> this?
> Thanks for any thoughts!
> Shannon
>


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