My Epilepsy ( continued )... answers, and concerns

Welp, it's now been a grand total of four months since Louie's last seizure. For those that asked what exactly I've been giving her, the answer is, alot of fatty foods, such as oils and such, fish oil, olive oil, etc. ( it's good for her coat too =] ) As far as the dog food is concerned, she's been eating Kibbles n' Bits adult dog food, reason being, it's the lowest I can find on the shelf as far as low protein is concerned, plus, she seems to really enjoy it.

I have kept her on a no carb diet ( i crash it every 4 days and let her have them, because carbs serve as energy too, and I just want her to be happy also haha ). She still gets people food, just no noodles, or potatoes and other starches ( carbs ) along those lines. She still enjoys her rawhides, and her milkbones on occasion, and gets to eat her favorite food as often as normal ( raw tomatoes, she's a nut ^_^ ) So, I hope that helped answer any questions.

The vet is really proud of her as well, although he made the comment to me " she sure has a good mommy for only being 20 years old". Haha, alot of people are good moms at 20!

AS HAPPY AS I AM.... i'm equally terrified. When Kahlua has seizures, they're very powerful ( grand mal ), and she usually has them in teams of 2-3 ( clusters ), i'm so thrilled that she's doing so well, but at the same time, i'm so scared, that if she does have another one, it's going to be HUGE, because of the elapsed time, and i'm very scared for her, and selfishly, for myself, because it murders my heart everytime she has them. So, anyone who reads this, please keep her in your thoughts if you'd be so kind =]

11 weeks and counting

Well, Kahlua normally has seizures ever 3-4 weeks like clockwork. It's always been that way. She has "clustered seizures" as well. =( A few months ago, I was wathcing Lifetime, and there was a movie entitled " First Do No Harm". It was about a small epileptic boy, and his life story, and the kinds of medications and procedureds, diets, etc. that he went through, and what was effective, and what wasnt, and so forth.

One of the diets in the movie that helped the little boy, was a no carbohydrate diet. Similar to the ones humans take to lose weight, it's a diet Dr. Atkins originally came up with. The other was, a fat diet. I had also learned from Kahluas vet recently ( who has had ner on valume, and also kept her on phenobarbitol ) that a low protein diet was good for epileptic dogs.

So, Louie's been on a strick no carbohydrate diet ( with the exception of dog food ), and i've been giving her fat from the foods we eat, and have also been purchasing the dog food with the least amount of protein in it.

To make a long story short, she hasn't had a seizure in 11 weeks. =)