[Mitzis Mom]

Originally Posted by MillisMomma

If possible, I would urge you to check into permanent accupuncture treatments for Mikki.

Back in 1992, our dog was diagnosed with seizures. She was having grand mal seizures that would last for 20 minutes or more - horrendous, life threatening situations. At that point, she was having approximately one seizure every 4 days or so. The vet put her on drugs but we found that they changed her personality and caused her to be so miserable that we felt the drugs weren't in her best interest. Even those horrible seizures were better than the side effects!

I attended a lecture by Dr. Sheri Russell, DVM in which she spoke about treating animal illness with a permanent accupuncture method. During the Q&A I asked if she'd had success in treating epilepsy to which she replied 'YES!'. We set up an appointment with her a couple weeks later. She used a needle to implant tiny gold beads at pressure points in Keesu's forehead, ears, and spine. This is a PERMANENT, CONSTANT method of accupuncture. We took Keesu home....and waited....for 4 months!!! She went from a seizure about every 4 days to one every 4-6 months! This was a radical improvement! While I can't say it was a 'cure', it was certainly something that Keesu could live with. And she did....for 17 years and 8 months!

We felt that Dr. Russell's accupuncture method was a God-send to Keesu's life and highly recommend this form of holistic seizure treatment over drugs. While it may not completely cure the epilepsy, it can make it manageable. I hope that Mikki's seizures can be relieved so that she can life a long and much-loved life just like our Keesu did!

Thank you for that info! I'm a firm believer in accupuncture since it helped me to be almost painfree after more than 40 years of FM suffering.