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« on: September 13, 2007, 04:46:01 pm »
Hi all. Sorry for the long post (again), but we had a bad night last night. Whatever is causing Bear's seizures is getting worse, fast. He had two seizures in five hours (each about three minutes). And I'm pretty sure he had one Weds during the day as well, as we came home to a regular-type poop in the main, carpeted hallway and neither of them EVER have normal poops in the house.
The seizures last night were a little different than the one he had two weeks ago. He started with the same chomp-smacking kind of behavior, all foamy around his mouth and making a strange whimpering noise, then transitioned into the whole body jerking. But for these two he tried to get up and move around during the seizure. Really scared me as he could seriously hurt himself. His paws were turned under (normal neuro response, I understand) and he couldn't support himself so he just kept flopping over in a very unnatural way. And with both seizures he was visually impaired when he came to - the second one with total blindness for a few minutes.
Oh - and Nakita was clearly disturbed by the incidents. She hopped up on the bed (without invitation - a serious no-no) and curled up right next to me after both seizures. And stayed that way for the rest of the night. After the second seizure, when Bear had returned to normal, he wanted to come up too and Nakita snapped at him -- like I've never seen her do. How do I make her more comfortable with it, or is she just reacting to my stress? I'm a very "calm in the storm" kinda gal, but she's sensing something, I'm sure.
I'm exhausted, scared, and worried. And I know this is unpopular and non-pc, but I'm seriously concerned about the additional cost of the vet visits, tests, and now medication. And how am I supposed to monitor this condition when I'm at work all day? I'll make it work (always have), but it's one more thing on the list, ya know?
Took the day off, waiting to hear from the vet. My sweet boy is resting at my feet, with no obviously lingering side-effects. Kind thoughts welcome.