I think where this blog is concerned, no news is good news! Or great news, really! Jedi has been doing fabulously well over these last several weeks. He has now gone over a month without another seizure since his diagnosis and starting pheno. There is nothing that would lead anyone to believe that there is anything wrong whatsoever.
We drove to Indianapolis last Saturday to attend one day of a USDAA trial. This was Jedi's first trial since his diagnosis, so I didn't know what to expect. I was definitely nervous about the traveling, as it's almost five hours each way. The trial schedule was such that we could drive up the morning of, play in a few classes, and drive home. I definitely wasn't ready to add a hotel stay into our routine yet.
Jedi rocked it! He was a little nuts in Master Standard for his first run, but we found our groove after that. He ended up winning Grand Prix (!!), winning Relay, and he had the fastest time in Steeplechase. He still managed third place even with a call on the a-frame.
I supplemented Jedi with honey between runs to avoid any sort of blood sugar crash (if there is such a thing to worry about, still just covering my bases). There were no issues with energy levels at the trial, but I would say Jedi definitely seemed pretty tired by the time we got home around 7:00 p.m. that night. He was completely recovered by the following day, but I did wonder how that would bode for our three days of USDAA agility this weekend -- his birthday weekend!
Friday was team day. I didn't enter Jedi in team at this trial because of everything that's been going on and the uncertainty of everything when it was time to put teams together. Thankfully they were also offering Biathlon and one round of Master Snooker as well, so Jedi got to play in those classes. We had one small bobble in B.Standard (well, it was still an E) but came back to nail B.Jumpers with a clean run. I had a great plan in Snooker, but it didn't work out. Ha!
I didn't feel like Jedi was nearly as tired Friday night as he was following the trial day last weekend, so that's great! He had four runs yesterday (Standard, Gamblersx2, and Grand Prix) and while unfortunately we didn't Q in any of them, he was still running great and had no issues with recovery.
Today the trial ended up being canceled due to icy road conditions, so we stayed home and threw a birthday party! Thankfully I picked up his cake on the way home yesterday, so we still got to have a proper celebration. Happy Birthday Jedi! Hopefully we get to do more fun stuff this year!
