Many Updates!

Hello from Sunny Colorado!! I thought I would give everyone another update on Riley! Things are going great with him. He's eating quite a bit of solid foods now, we moved into stage 2's and he seems to like everything except green beans and peas. But he will eat them if we mix them with something else. We even tried some of Mommy and Daddy's mashed potatoes last night (watered down of course), and he did ok, but wasn't too thrilled about them! He got another haircut this weekend, and Mommy went shorter this time so that we won't have to do another one for a while (hopefully!)

He's starting to roll around to get toys that are out of his reach, but only if he's already laying down. He's not quite brave enough to get down from a sitting postition. And he is very anxious about pulling up on the couch and coffee table. If he's sitting in our lap he can pull himself up but he hasn't figured out the coordination that it takes from the floor!! And once he's standing he'll stay for a while by himself, leaning on the table. He's growing up!!

Another update I thought everyone might want to know: Mowgli has been diagnosed with Epilepsy. He started having seizures on Sunday, and we have spent the last few days taking him from emergency clinics to vets to neurologists to find the cause, which is still largely unknown. He is currently seizure free, but on MASSIVE amounts of medication. We've started backing off the meds today to see how he does and hopefully the seizures will not return. It has been a rough couple of days, watching him go through this, and dealing with the side effects of the meds (constant barking, whining, and howling - even through the night) but he has improved greatly over the last 12 hours!! He will most likely have to take medication the rest of his life, which could be a while since he's only 2 years, but we feel it's worth it for him to have any kind of quality to life. Poor Mo-Mo!!!

He's starting to get back to his ol' self again though. He can relax on his own now (laying down, not barking - as you can see in the picture), and he will even respond to his name and sit on command - which is important to show no brain damage. He's still walking aimlessly in circles (and into walls) in a drug-drunk stupor, but he still comes to you for a good ear scratchin'!! Hopefully he will continue to improve, and be the wonderful friend and guardian he has been!!

Riley and Mowgli (pre-seizures)