Thursday Morning at 3am, Franklin had another grand-mal seizure. Both pups were sleeping soundly. --- awoke to the noise of Franklin's collar. We quickly found him in full convulsions. Needless to say no one in the house slept any more that morning. We scheduled a vet visit for the after noon. We had to rush him immediately to the vet after he had his second grand-mal that morning around 8:30am. The vet ran a battery of tests, ranging from liver to kidney to thyroid function. All were in normal ranges. However, as far as the thyroid test goes, the full 6-panel test was not performed, which is leading us to consider alternative vet consult. Franklin was placed on a heavy dosage, 1g, of phenobarbitol.

Additionally, Franklin has started to exhibit other symptoms that are new, such as coughing blood, on occasion. The drugs have affected him in ways we are not happy with, and at the same time, he still seems overly excitable. His tension has the both of us beside ourselves in trying to balance the two dogs. While even on such a high dose of phenobarbitol he is still exhibiting mild seizure symptoms, such as facial twitching and spams of the hind legs.

All of this has placed a great strain on us. We honestly do not know if Franklin has epilepsy, or a thyroid dysfunction. And we cannot say for sure that any of this has been enhanced by the presence of Scarlet. At this point we feel that we will have a very difficult time being even handed to both dogs. We cannot say for sure that Franklin will be around for a long period of time, given the fact that dogs with thyroid disorders tend to exhibit sign at a much later stage in life. He may actually be older than we originally thought. At the same time, there is a great deal of tension and anxiety at any behavior that seems unusual, given the recent events.

This has caused us to ask you again, and quite honestly for the last time, if you would have Scarlet back. We have weighed several outcomes for future events that are uncertain for Franklin. Honestly, we cannot find any reason to keep Biscuit while her future is so bright, outside of selfishness and pride, and Franklin's quite frankly seems bleak.

Please contact us at your next convenience to discuss. All apologies for all the effort you have put forth thus far. We cannot express enough how truly upset this entire situation has made us.

Sincerely,