continued from previous page January 17, 2004. Little Maggie Sunshine is still tooling around almost 2 years after her first stroke, which was an embolic stroke of the spine. On March 2, 2003, Maggie had a visceral stroke of the brain. She woke that morning stumbling around, banging into the walls, vomiting, head cocked to one side, with rapid eye movements. My hunch was that of a stroke. I went straight to the vet and after 24 hours of IV solumedrol she was almost back to herself. Amazing how well she responds to cortices. Poor little Maggie. Didn't know what was happening to her little champion border collie body. But she pulled through again, stayed on the meds for a couple of months and then was medication free for a long time until the end of the summer of 2003. All of a sudden she could barely get herself up and down, let alone walk. Of course I freaked out. But just an anti-inflammatory, Deramax, and a belt with handles around her back end to help me get her up and down, and that got her through that episode. But then it got worse in the Fall of 2003 and she couldn't get from point A to point B. So she went back on the cortico-steroid, prednisone - a maintenance dose of 7.5mg, which gives her a fruitful and fun, happy quality of life. She goes to the doggie park every day to see her friends. She walks laps with myself and her sister, Georgia. Occasionally she'll need just a little boost getting up and I'll use the belt to help her. But the smiling face you see in the picture is my little Miracle Maggie Sunshine, shining in the lives of those she comes in contact with! She is the light of my life. I am so grateful.

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