LIL' MEG

At the beginning of the year Meg had a seizure. She was fine, but it was a little scary. Well, the other night Meg had what we thought was another seizure. Mark realized she wasn't breathing so we started rubbing her and trying to stimulate her so she would breathe. Finally he had to blow air into her lungs to get her breathing again. We thought she'd be fine in a while, but it took her an hour before she was able to try to move. She couldn't keep her balance and couldn't really move. The next day Mark took her to the vet and found out she had an infection. He said it could be spinal meningitis and so we went ahead and treated her for it without knowing for sure so we wouldn't have to do a spinal tap. He also said that she could be suffering from some kind of trauma because she was having neurological issues. The worst case scenario is that it was a stroke! He gave her steroids in case it was trauma to reduce the risk of blood on the brain and swelling. It was pretty scary. We weren't sure she was going to be okay because of the amount of time she went without oxygen. She seems to be getting better though. I think she did have a seizure and just wasn't going to come out of it, but she did because we got her breathing again. Bo was playing with her so maybe something he did or something we did while trying to revive her hurt her neck. That's why she couldn't move. She is slowly getting better and becoming her old self again. I don't know what I would do if we lost Meg! She is irreplaceable to me. She is the dog that made me into a weird dog person who buys clothes and accessories for their pets! Anyway, I'm glad that it wasn't a stroke or something more serious. Hopefully Meg will be with us for a long time.