Hi Marie

Kenny is insured but not lifetime cover so after the 1st year we had to start paying. We were looking into changing but never got round to it so at the moment it costs a small fortune for mediction at 55.00 a month plus blood tests and staying at he vets. On top of that there is still injections for him and the other 2.

He's booked into the vets for blood tests on Monday so thats another bill to pay.

Yvonne

hi yvonne aw....thats a wee shame at the vets again,hope he gets on ok. ps dont no how you manage without insurance..hope to hear how he gets on ..marie

Hi Marie

Kenny had blood testd on Monday and he was really good. He had 2 lots taken, one from each leg and he was really good. As he has to have hem every 3 monthd I think he is just resigned to the fact that they will be done so he lets the vet get on with it now. Hope to get the results in the next few days.

Yvonne

hi yvonne,hope his results are ok...its just a shame to see them go through all of this,i took mia a trip to the vets on thursday for her meds & to get her weight checked & she has put on another kilo & thats me cut down on evertthing [poor soul] so must be the meds!! let me no how kenny gets on marie

Hi Marie

Had a call from vets about Kenny's blood tests. Because he had 3 fits and had to go in to be brought out they raised his medication. It wasn't much but apparently the tstes have shown the level in his blood has doubled so we have had to go back to a lower dose and he has to go bavk for more blood tests in a month. That was on Thursday and on Friday he had another fit. Luckily it was not too bad and he came out. Now we just have to see what happens over the next few weeks and wait for the results of the next test unless he starts fitting bad again which means he will be back there sooner.

Yvonne

hi yvonne,thats not so good news about kenny,,wee shame .what meds does he get ,cant remember if you said do you no what brings the fits on?does he act strange or anything? anyway hope all is well at the vet..hear from you soon. marie

Hi Marie

At the moment keny has 120mg of epiphen and 120 mg of potassium kbr in the morning and 120mg of epiphen in the evening. We had to cut the epiphen by 60mg as the level in his blood was too high and could have caused liver/kidney damage.

We don't know why he fits as we had him from a rescue centre when he was 5 weeks old so all we know is that the litter came from Wales. He was found with the rest of his litter so they probably have it too.

Here's a picture of Kenny

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Yvonne

My nearly 15 year old toy poodle suffers from this, and is not on medication, as after a fit, might not have another for several months. I spoke to the vet and he said that as long as we could handle her and keep her calm, we would be okay, but to come back if it was a problem. We reassure her after and let her parade the garden until she has been sick and back to nearly normal. She has had this for over 6 years now
The funny thing is that when we got a new puppy she went for 8 months without a fit - the longest yet, we put it down to the puppy dry food.

puppy dried food

this is news to me about food iv heard about pigs ears but nobodys said to me about their diet before i must look this up..