Top 10 things I’m buying to punish my husband.

1. A lobster from his LEAST favorite restaurant. $20

2. A new purse. $395

3. A toaster. $380

4. The new David Sedaris Book. (Which Dr. Mean DIDN’T buy me the last time we were at Barnes and Nobel. TAKE THAT FUCKER!) $20

..And 6 puppies. PRICELESS

The Dog’s Dinner

I’m officially cooking for my dog now. Yep, that’s right. Home made meals from scratch. ORGANIC home made meals from scratch. HA!

Until Saturday, when I can get her new food from the vet, I’m making the dog’s dinner. Last night she had organic free-range chicken breast with Yukon Gold potatoes and La Seur baby peas. She had a little grilled salmon for dessert.

You see, my vet (and good friend) told me about the studies he has learned about the non-gluten food and their effect on seizures and he said that even the animals fed a high gluten diet can affect the dogs if used in their food, thus the whole free-range thing.

My husband is jealous. I haven’t been cooking for HIM at ALL lately. To be fair, that is mainly due to my whole oral surgery ordeal…that, and really…he COULD have made his own dinner. Not that that’s likely…just anatomically possible. Whereas the dog could not.

I promised him that if he ever starts to have seizures I will cook him boiled chicken and potatoes too. I know, I know, I’m a startling good wife.

A very bad night

This morning at about 4:00 Trip and I woke to the sound of Scarlett slamming herself against his closet door.

It was confusing. At first I thought she was just rolling around or having a dream or caught on something…

But she was having a seizure.

I petted her and tried to soothe her and then held her. When I held her she went completely rigid in my arms with her legs out straight. I thought she was dying in my arms. I tried to stay calm and soothing and tell her she was a good girl. I thought those were her last minutes and I tried to make them peaceful instead of screaming and flipping out like the basket-case I am.

Then she stopped. Her heart was racing and she was disoriented and couldn’t walk at first, but she had stopped seizuring.

Trip called the Vet ER and I carried her down to the living room. He got some shoes for me and drove us there while I sat in the back with her. By then, she seemed totally fine.

The Penn Hospital took her immediately and ran a bunch of tests. They couldn’t have been nicer or handled it any better. All of the tests came back normal and now I’m just watching her. They think she may have canine epilepsy.

I spoke to my Vet this morning after we had a nap. He said that his dog was actually suffering from seizures, sometimes 2 a day and that he had changed his diet to a low gluten one. Apparently he had recently attended a talk on the subject and the test results showed a very strong correlation to the diet and the seizures.

Today was a normal day. We went to the dog park and played fetch.