cause I need to be pitiful for a second and I also want to end on a positive note?bad: I mentioned before, but my dog dixie (she's actually H's dog, he's had her since she was a puppy, but I've "had" her for over four years) had a stroke about a month ago. she was all of a sudden really stumbly and couldn't walk and kept falling over, her eyes were doing this twitching thing, her head was cocked to one side. the vet said she'd be fine, and after a few days, she was. but now her symptoms are back, which leads me to believe that instead of a stroke, it's actually canine vestibular syndrome, aka old dog syndrome. it's basically an inner-ear problem, and it rarely relapses but it sometimes does. it's awful. yesterday, she was running around in the back yard with our other dog, and then suddenly, when I took her for a walk, she started wobbling again, and her eyes started twitching. she seems happy and isn't in pain, but still, it's heartbreaking. she was the first dog I really fell "in love" with, before her I was a cat person. and I've never had to really deal with a pet's mortality before. it almost makes me envy people who never had pets. we're going to watch her carefully in the next couple of days, and when she's more mobile we'll take her to the vet. small confession--last night, I slept on the floor right next to her for part of the night. I didn't mean to, I just wanted to pet her, but I fell asleep. how pathetic is that? I'm going to be lame and ask for vibes, or advice from vets, or both.good: I weighed myself yesterday and I lost ten pounds in the last month. whoopie. anyone else?