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And again...

I've been at the vet's all frigging day again. Haku went for his follow-up to his surgery and it was great; the Dr. sent him home with a clean bill of health. Not a few hours later he was sleeping in his bed, then he jumped out of his bed just like last time and had another seizure, also exactly like last time.

So I made an appointment for him with a neurologist. The vets all seem to think he has epilepsy but I want to rule out everything else first before I start treating him for it.

IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF SOMETHING AWESOME HAPPENED.
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(Anonymous) 2009-03-28 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Crap - sorry to hear that.

My rescue hound has epilepsy. I kicked myself in the ass for a long time because it took me about 6 months to figure out what was going on. I never saw her in an active seizure, just came home to the aftermath of her seizing and losing bladder control. I was actually relieved when I saw her seize - at least I knew the deal.

The good news is that she stays seizure-free on .5g of phenobarb every other day when she seems to be in an active phase. Luckily, she gives me pretty obvious signs if she's gearing up (stands staring/wagging at absolutely nothing, usually facing a wall). After a few weeks, we titrate. She was diagnosed 4 years ago, and we had a run of 2 seizure-free years in there. We get her liver function blood work pulled regularly and so far, so good.

I guess all this blah-blah-blahing comes down to: sorry about your boy and as an owner of an epileptic dog, I can say treatment won't necessarily be terribly invasive.

Best luck!

[identity profile] shonagonchan.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you SO MUCH. This is very heartening to read. It helps to know how other people looked for signs, and treated this.

Because he's only got one kidney, phenobarb isn't an option, but we're looking at Bromide. Hopefully that will do the trick.

I'm taking him to a neurologist monday to rule out anything else first.

Thank you! If only knew who you were. :)

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[identity profile] shonagonchan.livejournal.com 2009-03-29 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] shonagonchan.livejournal.com 2009-03-29 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It's nice to meet you! Wow, boxing; that's very intense and cool.

LOL, I was thinking you were someone I knew IRL and I was worrying that I was being really dense by not recognizing you.
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