Showing posts with label epilepsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label epilepsy. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Destroying Something Purple - For Louise

Louise says yesterday was Purple Day.  Purple is a colour for girls so to start with I wasn't very interested, but she says it's to show people we can about people that have something called epileptic seizures.  Louise can have these even if she takes the white sweets she eats to stop them, so then I was very interested.  Louise wore a purple top and Dave wore a purple tie so that way we could show we care about everyone that has epilepsy like Louise.  Not everyone has a dog like me to help them and that makes me feel sad, and I hope that other people help them instead.

I'm a dog and don't really like wearing clothes, not even coats like my friend Rupert wears.  Also, purple is kind of a colour for girls and it doesn't matter how much I love Louise I'm not sure I want to walk around Disley wearing a girl colour.  Instead, Louise has got me some purple balloons to play with; my teeth always make them go bang!  Today I will destroy something purple, for Louise, and all the other people that have epilepsy.


Saturday, 9 March 2013

I'm an Unofficial Seizure Dog!

Louise takes care of me a lot, so it's good when I take care of her too.  Dave is very healthy except when he gets the flu that is especially for men or hurts his leg playing 5 sided football (I have never seen a football pitch with 5 sides, it sounds very interesting).  Louise gets poorly sometimes though with something called epilepsy, which makes her fall down and get confused.  This makes me feel sad for her but she eats little white sweets that keep her well most of the time.

Today I could see that she was a bit ill but she couldn't tell and was walking around just like normal.  I was worried she'd fall down and so when she went to the stairs to go downstairs to feed me (which is normally good news) I was very worried, so I called her back into the living room and she sat down.  She seemed cross, like I was being silly, but then she looked very ill and confused.  After a short bit she breathed out and looked much better.  I laid by her feet to check she didn't try to get up too quickly, I figured breakfast could wait a bit.

Keeping an eye on Louise


Louise was very very grateful.  She sent Dave a message on his cleverphone to tell him too (it's a cleverphone because it takes photos and orders shopping.)  I hope that Dave will be just as happy with me. 

Louise says that she read that there are other dogs that can do this.  They're called seizure dogs and normally dogs need to go to school to learn how to help people and they earn a special collar and coat.  I learnt all by myself.  I can't have a proper collar and coat because I haven't been to the school, but Louise says I'm definitely an unofficial seizure dog.  I'm pleased with that because I don't really like to wear coats.

Louise took care of me back by taking me for a walk and buying me Rodeo treats, which are very nice treats.  She bought herself dieting cola and has eaten some lunch so she must be feeling better, I've eaten some Rodeos; life is good. I'm kind of tired from all the excitement so I'm taking a nice, long weekend nap.

Weekend naps - they rock