My Dear Sweet Baby Jake – who is going to be 16 years old in May – had another seizure Saturday, February 26, 2022. It was the third Grand Mal seizure (perhaps four) since his surgery on his right torn CCL. I was asleep and heard him thrashing. I jumped out of bed and ran over to him. I am not sure how long it had been going on… but I held him in my arms… with it eventually slowed some 3 minutes later. He quieted… with Kaiden laying near both of us.

As we laid together – memories flooded back. I remembered Baby Jake as a small little puppy; Jake playing with Lukas; and Jake running agility (and hating every moment). I remembered Jake laying down watching me from afar – as my protector. I remembered telling him that his job was to “guard” the house… protecting both the house and me. I remembered how lonely he was after both Misty and Shadow passed and he was left at home while Lukas ran agility (howling and jumping the fence trying to find us). He is such a good dog… he is my Baby Jake.

So as the recovery began, Jakey tried to get up. His vision was impacted as he had no menace response. When he tried to walk – he would walk into walls. He so wanted to walk… was pacing continually. I walked with him – hoping that his vision would return; hoping that he would become less anxious, hoping he would return to his old self. I wiped off the “foam” from his mouth area and from the carpet and prepared for the post seizure period.

He paced… and paced… and paced.

I took him outside on a leash so he could walk some more. I followed him in a circular fashion in the master bedroom… the carpeted area – then the bathroom area – back to the carpeted area. I can’t tell you how many “laps” we did… but I know it seemed to comfort him.

His vision returned about 45 minutes later. I shut the bedroom door and allowed him to pace as he had no desire to lay down and got very agitated when I had him lay with me. He eventually did lay down at 11:30p – 2.25 hours after the seizure. Started to walk again after some 15 minutes… and then laid down again.

Thank the Lord… he returned and slept the night. I didn’t sleep well – waking every 15 minutes. Kaiden didn’t sleep well either… with him watching Jake as he slept throughout the night.

We love you Baby Jake.