What makes these trips tremendously more fun for us is taking Walden, Cesare's service dog. He's the sweet, sweet heart given to us by Canine Assistants in Atlanta. Ces waited three and a half years for this guy. Trained as a seizure response dog, Walden never gets a chance to show us his stuff because he doesn't recognize Ces' seizures. Walden audibly snores through them. He is my son's gentle best friend nevertheless. And the only thing more joyful than being woken in the mornng by a happy Golden's tail slapping against the comforter is being woken by two happy Golden's slapping their tails against the bed. Ella joined the band 18 months ago.
Please don't ask me how (if I told you I'd have to kill you) but we fly both dogs out with us to California when we go. San Diego loves their dogs and have whole beaches dedicated to them. Happy for us.
Dr. DeGiorgio may not let Ces stay in the trial once he gets a load of the seizure numbers over these last six months...they are all over the place. And Walden may never run for the phone after one of Cesare's seizures but the confluence of the two move me to offer a rare nod to epilepsy for this one purely joyful event twice a year.
Good luck with your visit...and sweet dogs! We're a VNS family (so far, not helpful). It is good to have some things to smile about :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jessica. I'm sorry the VNS isn't working. It's funny, after all of the things we've tried, we've never tried that one. I really don't want him to go through another surgery for such a small statistical chance it will help. Here's hoping you have lots to smile about too!
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Love your blog!
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