Dolly

[CarolC]

I don't know. Maybe if I had the large sized carrier. I use a top-open Petmate with her and those are all medium. I don't have a top-open large-sized one. I could look and see what's out there. When she's having the seizure she's lying on her side, but when she comes out of it she's sitting up and circling, which there isn't room for her to do in her Petmate carrier (can't even sit all the way up). The best thing might be something that would fit on the floor of the passenger side, even just a box the right size. She could sit up, not tip it or fall off the front seat, and I could see her well.

We are adjusting to the new schedule where I have her medicated, diapered, bed changed, and breakfast served by 7:45 am. She gets her last dose at 10:30 pm. That's still 9 hrs 15 min apart for the bedtime dose and breakfast dose. I'm getting 8 hrs sleep from 11:30-7:30. I don't know if this is good enough. I know on some meds you can flex up to 2 hours, but I don't know if the 2-hr flex is only for once-a-day or twice-a day-meds, or how much you can flex a 3x/day med, if at all. On the current dosing schedule I'm flexing 1 hr 15 min. I also don't know if seizure meds have to be more exactly on time. From what I can tell it is probably (?) a "time critical medication". I haven't found anything that says that plainly though, and Keppra/levetiracetam is not in either of my pet meds books, they are too old.

Humans seem to get Keppra 2x/day, so that's different. There is an extended release tablet, only available in larger sizes. Dolly is small and not getting extended release. Did not realize they have an injectable form that could be given during a seizure. I will ask about that if we continue to have problems. The neurologist increased her to 0.7 ml for her 3x/day dose a few days ago.

I could get her down to exactly 8 hrs apart if need be. I'm still taking naps most days anyway.

[critters]

I’d think that little bit of flex would be fine; the level won’t be 0 at the stroke of the hour. They might also be able to do a suppository for during a seizure.