Purple Day - Epilepsy awareness

Today is a day for wearing purple, or baking a purple cake, or colouring your hair purple. Basically, anything purple, to draw attention to the condition of epilepsy. Apparently 87 people a day are diagnosed with epilepsy. Thankfully, for many people, the condition can be controlled by medication. One of Charlie's doggie friends has it. He was having quite bad seizures but the medication has stopped them. In humans it can be triggered by all kinds of things, like sunlight flashing through a car window, or strobe lighting. I don't know what brings on an attack in a dog. I knew another dog who would just fall to the ground during a walk and have an attack. It's scary for people witnessing it, and for those having a fit. The main concern is that the person or dog could swallow their own tongue and choke, so it's important to monitor every fit.

Charlie and I had good walks today. We went to Highwoods in the morning, and Broad Oak Park in the afternoon. We only saw one group of dogs in the park, but they were too far away for Charlie to play with. There is  a decent, fenced, children's playground on Little Common Recreation Ground (which is seen as part of Broad Oak Park by the locals) and a free tennis court and a basketball court. The park is a 10 minute walk from Nab Cottage so we go there quite often.