bout of vertigo<\/a>. It wasn’t funny as I thought she way dying. But she recovered. Mostly. She has had some stability problems ever since and generally is more feeble than she was before she got dizzy. It was a significant event in her life and it prompted Jett and me to have our first serious talk about when to put Grace down. The conclusion: it would be time when she seemed to no longer be enjoying life.<\/p>\nWell, she has been enjoying life. Yes, she is 15 and is feeble, but she still wags her tail. On good days she still romps like a puppy. But on Monday this week she suffered a second bout of vertigo. It was not as severe as the first – she didn’t fall over when she shook her head – but this time she seemed to be incontinent and generally “out of it”. She had no appetite – not even for a slice of bread, which she usually gobbles down. We were concerned that she had had a small stroke.<\/p>\n
We had “the talk” again and decided, on the assumption that it was “just vertigo,” that we would give her a couple of days to recover.<\/p>\n
It is now Saturday and she has not fully recovered, but she is slowly improving. Last night she wagged her tail. So it appears that we will have her for a few more days. Or weeks. But not forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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