Arizona Golden Rescue

22-067 Raggy  was a 4-year-old neutered male Golden who was experiencing frequent seizures that his owner could not afford to treat. The seizures were consequent with the onset of valley fever. He needed our standard vet workup with vaccines and a heartworm test. He was initially placed with a family, but when he had a seizure (actually several) in their presence, they decided that they could not keep him. He had a full neurological exam with an MRI – it revealed six lesions in his brain and a lot of inflammation. Regardless of  the cause (valley fever is a prime culprit or the seizures may be a result of idiopathic epilepsy), regulating the seizures is a challenge, and often numerous meds are tried in different dosages before a combo is found to be effective.  Raggy  was started on prednisone, keppra, voriconazole, and denamarin; over the last several months other meds such as zonisamide and chlorazepate have been added and the prednisone dropped. He may never be seizure-free, and he will probably be taking meds for valley fever the rest of his life, but at least now the seizures are much less frequent. When he did not work out with the first family, a couple of our foster parents took him to foster, as they have another seizure dog so know how to handle one and are not freaked out by a seizure. Since the dog will be on multiple meds for what may be a long time and since the fosters were already footing the bill for meds for Bowie, we offered them a  Gentle Paws Hospice Adoption . They renamed him  Reggie  and will pay for meds as they are financially able;  AGR  will cover the cost of retests and medication adjustments.  Reggie  is a terrific ambassadog! He has such a wonderful personality and gets along with anyone and any other dog, so Connie has taken him with her numerous times when she has done a home evaluation of a family that has a dog. Recently the adopter sent this message: