Juno's seizures

A scary thing happened three days ago: my "sister" Juno had some seizures.



Just before Mom got home from work, Juno started flailing around on the floor. She pooped a lot and peed. When Mom walked in, Juno was still panting hard, trying to recover. Mom knew that something funny was going on but even after she found the big pile of poop, she didn't know what. And I had no way of telling her--not that I understood anyway.

Four hours later, at 9:30pm, it happened again. This time Dad and Mom saw the whole thing. Poor Juno stumbled and fell on her side, and starting jerking around. Then she started paddling her legs as if she were swimming. Silly dog! There's no water in the living room. Juno, I'm a much better swimmer than you--you should leave the swimming to me.

Dad and Mom were kind of freaked out, but they held themselves together pretty well. Dad called Veterinary Emergency Service to let them know we were coming, while Mom consoled Juno, who was conscious and scared. It was over in a few minutes, and shortly after that, Juno felt good enough to walk to the car under her own power.

Juno was the only patient at the emergency clinic. Mom said that it was much better than a human emergency room, and maybe she'll go to the vet clinic next time she gets very sick or hurt.

By the time we got there, Juno was fully recovered. They took blood from Juno, and Dad gave them a piece of paper with $218.00 written on it. Dad said it was the only place he'd seen that ran its business on an iMac.

Later that night, the emergency vet called with the blood test results, which were fine. In fact, our regular vet the next day called them "perfect". The vets said we shouldn't worry about seizures in the future unless they happen more than once a month, or last more than three minutes. Apparently dogs have them pretty often, and if it's an older dog (Juno is about 9) then it's usually not a big deal. But I sure hope I never have any of those seizures.