The Troubles of Simon

Finally I have made my way to 2017! What can I say? Life gets busy around here at times. Simon has been keeping both of his parents busy to say the least. Not just busy but worried. That little boy didn't go into 2017 in the best of health and the first 7 days weren't so great either for him. Finally, yesterday in the late afternoon, things started to change. Let me add, THANKFULLY, things started to change. I am ecstatic to report our little Simmie is pretty much back to being our little Simmie. His fog has lifted, his stomach issues have subsided.

He had quite the time of it though. His troubles started the day before New Year's Eve. Brad sat up with him late into the night and cradled him during one of his seizures. During that episode Brad was nearly sure Simon was checking out. Our poor little fur-baby suffered through numerous seizures during a 3 day period. The day after New Year's day the seizures were done but the after effects were very present. I have termed Simon's after effects as "his fog". He deals with a lot of anxiety, disorientation, and temporary blindness in the days after his seizure episodes. There's moments where we hold him in our arms and wonder if he's still in there.

About the mid-point of last week I was noticing improvement, thought he was on the mends then BAM, he started dealing with some serious stomach problems. This past Friday night I stayed up with him all night long. I cradled him a few times thinking he was about to leave this earth. At one point I even thanked him for being such a good puggie just in case it was the last time. As the daylight approached early Saturday morning the worst of it seemed to be subsiding and he was resting comfortably. Much later in the day yesterday after we returned home from a family gathering he perked up with his usual brightness in his eyes...and he was hungry. He could hardly wait for dinnertime. So far this morning, he's acting normal, well as normal as Simon has ever been. Wink-wink!