Help us save Emily, our epileptic girl

20/12/2021

Just a quick announcement, Emily is now THREE months seizure free!!!

If you'd like to follow her on a daily basis our IG is hounds_of_liberation

We don't post much on FB.

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY!!!!

28/08/2021

A cute picture of George our Bedlington wearing a beautiful jacket that Debs Wood made for Emily, George needs a warm coat because we have had to shave him bald for his next vet appointment lol.

But seriously how cute is the sewing of Emily's face on this jacket!? Looks just like her.

Next to George is our jura hound Julio. Emily's sleeping buddy, these two always go upstairs alone to snooze next to one another every evening

05/08/2021

Just a quick update you all might want to be aware of.

Every month Emily has serizures. And often they would cluster. It was really hard to manage.

Last month she had a seizures and we gave her an increased dose of Keppra. The seizures stopped and then she had another a day later, increased the dose and they stopped and that was that.

This month she had a seizure a few days ago. We increased the Keppra dose and she's been fine since! Touch wood she's not had another!

So considering we used to have to admit her, and we used to go through her having seizures over and over and over once a month, about 7 in 24 hours, we've done well to get it under control like this ♥️.

Thought y'all may want to be aware of this good news ♥️.

31/07/2021

Emily with her Jura hound brother, Julio ♥️♥️♥️♥️

22/04/2021

Hello all. This is a call to action, any help would be greatly appreciated. We have started a fundraiser to help us with vet costs for Emily, Emily has been seizure free for two months and her brain has healed a lot in that time, no more near-divergent like behaviour, a lot more present and attuned to what is around her.

Unfortunately while she was sleeping next to me, I woke up to her having a seizure, and the clusters began, we increased her dose of Keppra (the brilliant meds that have stopped her having seizures) and finally managed to get her to take it just after her third seizure, the first two fits happened back to back so we didn't want to stress her trying to give her a tablet.

Anyway, it worked, the clusters were stopped dead and no more seizures, Emily recovered nicely. She's been fine since, the post seizure absent behaviour only lasted about an hour rather than for days.

We have been working to pay off a £1500 vet bill for Emily, and the monthly meds on top of it all (she's on 4 sets of meds given three times a day) has made it hard to keep on top of it, but we have managed to reduce it to £450.

So far we have raised £150 from our kind supporters on Instagram, this is where we post about our micro sanctuary (we have 8 rescue dogs), we don't post much on FB. If you want to follow us there its lonely_vegans

We are asking if anyone could share this post far and wide and if possible donate, our PayPal is [email protected]

Whenever we fundraise for other charities/sanctuaries as well as for ourselves, we ALWAYS provide receipts of money going into our PayPal and the money that goes out either to the vet directly or sanctuary/charity- so you will have piece of mind as to where your donation will be going, this is how Keith and I have always operated.

We are struggling to pay off the last of the vet bill so please if you can help, that would be amazing.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, love from us all and of course, Emily and her best friend dashund Pooh

04/04/2021

Emily has been seizure free since Feb 20th. So it's been well over a month. The longer the time passes seizure free the more of her personality shines through. There's no more pacing, no more odd behaviours. She's settled in totally now with all of our 7 dogs 😁🥰. For anyone wondering the new meds stopping the seizures is, they are called Keppra. 😁

21/02/2021

Hey all. So, unfortunately Emily seems to be having clusters every month. They last about 24 hours. We spend all night up with her and it's so exhausting, can't even imagine how exhausting it is for her 😫. We have also noticed that we both smell burning before each seizure starts. Which is weird.
Both of us have gotten good at spotting super quick when she's about to seizure. I've even woken up in the middle of the night and grabbed her because I just felt her move strangely next to me.
She's currently on phenobarbital, potassium bromide and she has melatonin to stop her pacing. The melatonin has worked well to help her sleep like a log each night, in bed with us of course 🤩.
I also have her near us so we can't be there when she seizes. We did have her admitted for 24 hours, we had tests done, and that cost us £500 and everything (bloods) came back as normal. Her meds cost an absolute fortune too 😫. But whatever she needs! 🐕
She's also on re**al diazepam, the max dose for her weight to break the cluster seizures but unfortunately it doesn't work. Nothing works to stop them short of sedating her but we can't sedate her every month. That would be s**t for her health.
We are going to try her on Levetieracetam (Keppra) and I've heard from a number of ppl with epileptic dogs that this does work to stop clusters occuring. So hopefully fingers crossed this will work. We are going to add it to her already existing medication regimen.
Our aim is to stop the cluster seizures happening. I don't want her brain going through that many seizures in 24 hours. I worry one day it will damage her brain and she will not come back from them the same. I also want her to have a long life and these clusters will eventually not allow for that.
So if we can find something to stop the clusters that will really improve her quality of life.
At the moment she's happy, she's not in pain through these seizures, she gets stressed and disorented but she's not in pain, that's my main concern and we aren't at that point and hopefully won't ever be.
Yesterday she played OFF LEAD for the first time with our lurcher, she was amazing!
Today she went for a nice forest walk with our Jura hound Julio and her new best friend, our dashund, Poo 🐅. Poo really loves her 😍.

09/01/2021

Just an update from Miss Emily. Emily is super settled, happy and a cheeky monkey ### All the dogs get on with her and she seems to have a very sweet bond with our Jura hound, Julio.
She's not had any seizures for over a month now (touch wood). We got her onto Melatonin to control her night time pacing and it has worked wonders.
She still eats her poo and will not poo outside for some reason so, yah, lots of Emily p**p packages in the house for us and they STINK lol.
She sleeps in bed with us every night. We love her so so much. Hope everyone is well 😁
Oh and I forgot to say, my work reduced my online classes with my kids because Emily kept bobbing her cute head up and propping herself on my shoulder and the kids LOVED it, the company didn't though. Ooops. 😂

12/12/2020

Can't get over how beautiful she is. She's had another vulval infection. Back on antibiotics again. I've figured out why she gets these infections. When she squats to wee it's like her back legs are double jointed.....she literally does the splits and the tip of her lady bit touches the floor so she's exposing herself to germs 😫😫😫😫😫😫. I do clean her though when she does that to try and minimise any complications.
Touch wood no more seizures. She's totally relaxed in the house now 🥰🤩. She also seems to have a connection with our other Jura hound, Julio. 🤩🥰. I think they both know they are Jura's 🤗.
Hope everyone is safe, well and happy 😎.

29/11/2020

Hey all. Sorry I don't use face book much, we post alot about Emi and our gang mostly on IG so if you all want regular updates on Emi and her progress you can find us using our IG handle lonely_vegans
For now though here are some pics of Emi. She's settling in really well. When she first got here she was super disorientated. Scratching at the walls alot and constantly pacing. She had a seizure a day after she got here and then two on one day a day or two later.
Our vet was brilliant and on the phone with us through it all (as it happened during the night) and booked us in to see him right away. The seizures are likely due to the stress from the move and change in environment.
She's not had any seizures since and has stopped her pacing. She scratches at walls a little bit still but I think that is due to her irregular brain activity as a result of her epilepsy and there could be a slight degree of brain damage as a result of the repeated seizures she had back to back a while ago.
She's a really bright, sharp and intelligent girl, she's absolutely beautiful and so funny. She has a bee line for our dashund and likes to paw at his bum when he's asleep which really pi**es him off and she doesn't care 🤪😂😂😂😂. We take the dogs on 90 minute walks but Emily we walk twice a day when she's restless.
She's sleeps in bed with us every night with our other female Cyrpus hound, dashund and basset hounds 🥰.
Have attached pics of our other dogs too so that you can all see Emi's brothers and sister 🥰🐾
I think that's all to update on for now. If you all want to get more regular updates on Emi find us on Instagram 🤩.

24/11/2020

Hey all. Some pics of Emily in her new home for you all 🥰

15/11/2020

Thank you so much to everyone that has shared and commented on the post about rehoming Emily.
We are so happy to say that Emily has been adopted and today left her foster home of almost 11 months to go to her new home up North with some amazing adopters and 7 other doggies who will love to play with her.
She is currently on her way to her new home which was perfect in every way for her, it was exactly what we were looking for and hoped for. She will have a new Mum and Dad who are home in the day, always around and can take her out multiple times a day. She is going to have the best life but we could not have done it without all of your support. A big thank you to everyone who shared and donated and allowed us to get input from a Neurologist and pay her many many vets bills. Without this we never could have got her well enough to be rehomed. A few months ago things looked bleak and several vets feared she had a tumour or brain disease. But now her seizures are far more managed and she is going weeks without a seizure (most importantly when she has one it is only one, not several). Thank you, thank you, thank you, you are absolutely amazing and we cannot thank you enough ❤️.
- From Emi's foster mum Helen ❤️💕

29/10/2020

Emily is just here, patiently waiting for her new family to find her 🤞💕💗

24/10/2020

Please share - There has to be someone out there for Emi 💕

We are still looking for Emily's forever home.
We've had quite a bit of interest but sadly not someone who meets Emily's needs.
Emily needs an adopter who:
Has a house and garden (due to her size and energy levels)
Someone who is home during the day
Adopters who are able to pay for her medication which is around £40 per month - The charity will pay for other medical costs
A very active family who can walk her several times a day
A very patient and kind family as Emily still has seizures occasionally from suspected Epilepsy and she sometimes has strange behaviour linked to irregular brain activity.

She is a kind and caring 3 year old Jura who loves babies, children and other dogs.

Emily's Adoption fee will be £150 but this money will be used to buy £150 worth of Emily's medication which will then be given back to the adopters.

Please help us find her a home 💕🙏💕

20/10/2020

Emily is still looking for her forever home. This cuddly gentle baby is amazing with kids and babies and has such a sweet nature. She has suspected epilepsy and this does pose some challenges that adopters would be made aware of. But she is still a very energetic, sassy and funny dog who is looking for her forever home 😊❤️

12/10/2020

Emily is currently in her foster home in the UK.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE, FOR OUR GIRL, PLEASE SPREAD HER STORY AND HELP US

Emily’s suffered so much in her short life. She was found as a stray at just 1 years old, and was lucky to go to a foster home in Cyprus before she flew to the UK last August. And that’s when things went from bad to worse.

When our girl Emily arrived in the UK we couldn’t be happier...she was finally going to have her happy forever after. Little did we know about the struggles our girl would face away from us.

She started having epileptic fits and we and her foster mummy have done every thing in our power to get her well. We spend thousands of pounds to get her the best care. Went to a specialized neurologist to get to the bottom of this as we feared for the worst. Results came back as nothing more than epilepsy, and this is the toughest challenge to overcome, we have no direction apart from Medication and managing her environment. After 8 months we have finally managed to partially control her seizures and they arent as frequent and as strong as they used to be.

We now have the challenge after 8 months to find her forever loving home and one that has no fear of her condition and knows how to continue to manage her medication and Emily.
In a nation of great animal lovers, we are sure we will find the right sofa for her, with your help and shares, we have done this before, and I know we can do this again.

Emily is looking for a forever home that will love her unconditionally, ideally will not be left for long hours alone. A home that will be able to fund her day to day medication and try her on CBD oil, we will help and support any major costs involved with Emily’s future, as any other option is just NOT an option.

06/09/2020

Update on Emi -
Hey Guys
Sorry for the big gap on the posts. At the moment things have been stable for Emi for the last month (which has been a huge blessing and we hope this continues!). We are still following the Neurology route and have completed a Bile Acid Reflux Test which had to be completed before they will see her. Next step is for her to see the Neurologist and get her MRI.
We are still a few hundred pounds off of our target so please keep sharing 🤞🙏

20/08/2020

Sadly the fundraiser has been at a bit of a stand still the last few weeks. Emily had her Bile Acid Simulation Test at the vets this week, something we needed to do before she will be taken on by a Neurologist. But we are still 700 pounds off of being able to afford an MRI and appointment with the Neurologist, so close, yet so far!

Please keep sharing ❤️🐶

https://fundrazr.com/b1g7qe?ref=ab_1zO6pDBMQXo1zO6pDBMQXo

Emily suffers from severe epileptic seizures. After consultation with the vets that she visits we have decided to try and raise the much needed funds for an MRI scan.

09/08/2020

Update

Emily's almost fully recovered from her last cluster of seizures, but this seemed to take a long time to happen this time around.

We've reached a bit of a standstill with the fundraiser and still have £700 left to raise for Emily's Neurology appointment and MRI 😔

Please keep sharing the page and post with friends and family and fellow dog lovers.

We have put the referral in for Emily but we need to know we can fully pay before she can go 😔.

Please keep sharing 💕

https://fundrazr.com/b1g7qe?ref=ab_1zO6pDBMQXo1zO6pDBMQXo

01/08/2020

After a long week Emily is starting to recover from last weekends seizures. It's taken a while for her to recover, she's been very disorientated and this means she howls or cries sometimes and she has had lots of accidents inside and been obsessed with her reflection in the mirror. So this week has included lots of cuddles and treats and fuss ❤️.

Emily's Epiphen has been upped from 1 daily to 3 daily, her Phenobarbital has also been upped slightly and we've started her on the CBD oil also 🤞

Thank you for everyone who is still sharing and donating. We've raised a great amount but we are still off by 800 pounds which we desperately need for the MRI and Neurologist.

Please keep sharing xx

https://fundrazr.com/b1g7qe?ref=ab_1zO6pDBMQXo1zO6pDBMQXo

30/07/2020

Thank you, thank you, thank you to every single person who has donated and shared this page 💕🙏
Every single donation has been so appreciated - without you we had no chance getting Emi help.
I honestly cannot thank you all enough (I almost cried when I saw how much we've raised after such a tough weekend for Emily)

We are now at £2208 thanks to a large donation by a lovely person (wasn't sure from the fundraiser who this was).

We've now been able to submit the referral for the Neurologist and have ordered the CBD oil!
We still have a way to go yet but we are getting there - our target is £3000.

So please keep sharing this page and the fundraiser!

26/07/2020

❗❗Update❗❗ -

Last night Emily ended up having to stay overnight at the vets hospital so she could have an IV of an epileptic as a top up to break the cycle of the seizures. Luckily she had no more seizures and I went to collect her first thing this morning.
Sadly Emi has reacted badly both times this has had to be done (upping of medication and IVs) and spends days howling and crying because she is so disorientated. The Vets believe this is because the medication has to be upped to try and stop the seizures, but the adverse affect is what you see below in the video.
Things aren't looking good at the moment for Emily, my vet quite frankly told me that she is on a dosage of Phenobarbital which is for dogs larger than her, so it should be working - we'll be able to check the levels when her blood tests come back. But this means we have had to up all the medication and the vet worries how this is effecting her quality of life. In his opinion if we can't control the seizures and the medication has her this distressed for long periods of time it may result in her having to be put to sleep 😭.
But we aren't giving up on her without a fight. And that's why we need your help. We need to get an MRI and a Neurologist who can give Emily the best possible chance of surviving this! And we need to try CBD oil and see how that helps also (thank you everyone for your advice on this).
This sweet girl has had the worst starts and just deserves to live and have a life where she is loved and happy 😢.
Please keep sharing ❤️

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25/07/2020

The last 24 hours have been really difficult for Emily. She has now had a total of 7 seizures in less than 20 hours. We went to the local PDSA today where she was checked over and bloods were taken to monitor the levels of her medication in her system. After 3 hours of waiting to have this sorted as soon as we got home Emily had another seizure followed by a further one half an hour later. Am currently consulting with the vet again as to whether she needs to go in overnight for an IV. Both trips in themselves are running up a big set of vet bills to keep her going 😔

Please keep sharing and donating so we can get a much needed MRI!

Thank you so much to everyone sharing and donating already 💕

25/07/2020

After a very long night, and a total of 5 seizures in less than 5 hours Emily's finally stabilised (or so we hope) and hasn't had another seizure since 5am.

Really hoping it stays that way 🤞

25/07/2020

Little update on Emily, she's had her 4th seizure in less than 2 hours now. She's been given diazepam and Foster Mum has been in contact with the vets who've instructed her to see if the diazepam breaks the clusters. If they don't then it's an emergency visit to out of hours hospital 😔😔😔

Please keep sharing the fundraiser and please if you can donate - nothing is too small!

Thank you ❤️

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24/07/2020

Please share 🙏🙏

Poor Emily is on her 3rd seizure of this week.
The first 2 happened on Wednesday (one after the other) during the day which doesn't happen often, they usually occur at night or early morning.
The 3rd seizure happened tonight (half hour ago) and was a bad seizure resulting in Emi crying out and howling during 😭

Please keep sharing this page and her fundraiser.

We are desperate to get her an MRI sooner than later as it feels like we are racing against time.

https://fundrazr.com/b1g7qe?ref=ab_47rKuKhcRMD47rKuKhcRMD

15/07/2020

Thank you so much to everyone who is sharing and donating! We can't thank you enough! ❤️💕

Here's a little video of the goofball with her foster Mum last night 🙈🥰💕
She really does pull the funniest faces!

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13/07/2020

An Emily update 🐶🐕
Sadly Emi had another big seizure yesterday morning. The good news is the last two episodes of seizures have been singular. The bad news is they are getting closer together, this time there was only 10 odd days in between. Before that is was two weeks (and those were clusters).
So we are still asking for help with our fundraiser to get Emily a desperately needed MRI.
50p, £1 - Anything you can donate will help towards getting an MRI and potentially saving her life
And if you can't donate then please share 🙏🙏

https://fundrazr.com/b1g7qe?ref=ab_17FSYd_ab_54dUy8mPJzN54dUy8mPJzN

03/07/2020

🐶 Please keep sharing for Emily 🐶

At 4am this morning I woke (foster mum) to Emily having a big seizure on the bed. Normally after her first seizure she's able to get back up and stand up, but this one seemed to really drain her and she led collapsed on the floor for a few minutes trying to recover.
Luckily this time it only happened once, which is a rarity in itself and she's doing really well today. Normally she will continue fitting over a period of days and have what is called a "cluster" and that's when there is real danger ahead.
Each time Emily has a seizure there is a risk that she will get stuck in a cluster as she has several times before and this could result in brain damage or death.
As her Foster Mum I feel dread when she has a seizure and worry that there will be so many more coming after.

Please keep sharing so we can get her the MRI she so desperately needs!

This is Emi having a well needed snooze this evening 😊

29/06/2020

❌PLEASE KEEP SHARING❌

29/06/2020

So we've raised £680 so far - thank you so much to everyone who has donated, we cannot say enough how much we appreciate it
🥰🥰.
But we still have a long way to go, with the MRI being around £1500 in itself never mind the cost of seeing a neuro specialist.

So please keep sharing for Emily!

https://fundrazr.com/b1g7qe?ref=ab_17FSYd_ab_54dUy8mPJzN54dUy8mPJzN

The sooner we can get her the MRI the better as each time she has a cluster of seizures she risks not pulling through 😔🙏

27/06/2020

One of Emily's most wonderful qualities is how gentle, kind and patient she is with babies, children and puppies. She has this huge instinct to nurture and love 🥰☺️

Here's Emily with her new friend Cesar who came to visit, who she stuck to like glue 💕

Please keep sharing the fundraiser

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Thank you!

24/06/2020

A big thank you to everyone who has donated so far. Cannot say thank you enough!
Please keep sharing this page for Emily, let's give her a chance at life! 🙏

20/06/2020

Please share!
https://fundrazr.com/b1g7qe?ref=ab_17FSYd

This fundraiser is to get Emily to see a Neurosurgeon and get an MRI.
Every vet her foster mom spoken to (over 5 different vets) have said it does not look like idiopathic epilepsy which is the standard epilepsy and it is more indicative of brain disease (tumour, trauma etc) because of her slow recovery, circling, cluster of seizures etc. The vets have said if these seizures are not controlled it will kill her. Last weekend she had 5 seizures in the space of 24 hours and she is so unwell from these.
She needs a chance in life ❤️

Please share this fundraiser far and beyond!

Emily suffers from severe epileptic seizures. After consultation with the vets that she visits we have decided to try and raise the much needed funds for an MRI scan.

19/06/2020

Emily's vet expenses up to now 😓

19/06/2020

This is Emily, our goofy loving baby ❤️
Emily suffers from severe epilepsy and after spending a few hundreds of pounds on her medical bill without seeing her getting better we have decided that we have to visit a specialist and have her undergo an MRI to determine our next actions.
Her vet bill is going to be massive but we cant give up! She needs us now more than ever.
Please read her story, follow her page, share her far and beyond and help us raise the funds we desperate need to help her get better! 💓

Emily was found in a very bad condition during the summer of 2019. She was quickly adopted and moved into a loving family in the UK. Unfortunately, not long after she started having bad seizures which forced us to move her into a quiet foster home, as her doggy siblings couldn't handle her seizures.
6 months later, Emily's seizures though only happen once or twice a month, havent gotten any better. On the contrary...
She has 5-6 continuing fits every time, she is desoriented after and she needs at least 24 hours to find her self again. Due to all this, she suffers from separation anxiety, she eats her poo and she has accidents indoors.
But when she is OK she is a happy baby, adores other dogs and is very very fond of babies!
We cant give up on her 😓 she needs us to fight for her. She deserves much better than this.
Please help us help her 💔🥺
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