I am finally feeling better!
I had to stop one of my medications all together. I am finally no longer shaking, dizzy, and nauseated. I still feel a bit yucky because the med can take anywhere from a day or two to a week or two to get out of my system completely. I am just so glad that I am finally able to walk around without worrying that I was going to fall and hurt myself. I have been sleeping on the couch downstairs because every time I tried to walk down the stairs my knees started shaking violently. It was pretty scary.
It's amazing how pets can sense that something is wrong. Since I brought Odin home a little over a year ago Whiskers stopped sitting on my lap. He has been sleeping on my lap every day since I started the new medicines and got sick from them. I was home alone all last weekend and that was when I was the worst. I had almost fallen a couple of times and was scared that I would fall and seriously hurt myself and have no one around to get me to the hospital. I decided that I should have Odin walk with me everywhere since he is over 85 pounds and could help me balance. He somehow knew what I wanted. Before I got up from the couch I would call him to me. I would then walk to the kitchen or restroom with one hand on his back to brace myself. Every single time he would walk right next to me and my pace. Every single time he would come to me when I called and wait for me to get up and put my hand on him. He only tried to pull away from me twice the whole weekend. He has never been trained as a service dog. He has never had anyone do this with him before. It was just amazing how he knew what I needed and how to do it.
Odin is my little miracle dog.