Medical Adventures

How We Recognize Karl’s Pre-Seizure Symptoms

by Karl's Mom   If you have a dog with epilepsy you already know that the seizure itself is not ...

I Am Not a Backseat Shepherd

Howdy everybody. It's me, Karl. Master of the sea, land, and sky. Today we are talking about Green Turtle Cay ...

  Nose. Toes. You Up?  

My name doesn't matter much in this story. Karl calls me Dad, and that pretty much covers it.   I ...

He Wakes up Wagging Every Single Time

Hi. I am Karl's mom. He lets me borrow his page sometimes.   I want to tell you about my ...

Ears Too Big for My Own Good

I am a brave boy, but I am also very sensitive. I stay close to my people because I care ...

Through the Storm and Back Home: Karl’s Story

The Quiet Signs In the days leading up to Karl’s first cluster attack, things felt slightly off in ways I ...

Cluster Seizures

It was about five months after Karl’s first seizures. He had not had a single one since those initial two, ...

Karl’s Second Seizure

The second seizure came almost exactly twenty-four hours after the first one. We hadn't slept well that night. Even though ...

Two Minutes That Changed Everything

It all started one night in December around 1 a.m. I woke up to a loud sound. Karl was thrashing ...

Two Shepherds and a Crime Scene

Hi, I am Karl's mom. I want to tell you about the Loopies, otherwise known as Discoid Lupus. When people ...