And again...

[la_belle_laide]

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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[spatterdash.livejournal.com]

I hope he's going to be ok. *fingers crossed*

I thought of you tonight at work. A bird got into our building and a coworker and i shooed him into my studio and got him out ok and (we think) unharmed but for being clearly terrified. Sending Haku my good creature mojo. :D

[(Anonymous)]

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!