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Originally Posted by Rono007  We have a 9year old yorkie. 2 1/2 years ago Bailey (male) had a seizure. Our vet did some bloodword and we were told to see if it happened again (bloodwork was stellar).
Fast forward to last Tuesday afternoon. A seizure at 4:30pm. He shakes it off and goes about his afternoon and a call to the vet is made. Bring him in. before we could get there he has another seizure, then another, then another, then another, etc. This continues until nearly 11pm and no vet can stop them and they are happening every few minutes. So terrible to watch. An emergency Animal Clinic takes him and puts him on a propathol drip to knock him out until 8am. I picked him up and brought him to our vet where he was coming out and now getting valium. He was still seizuring and paddling. We FINALLY got referred to a neurologist for animals and brought him there (an hour away). He's there now and getting polypropylene.
He's getting better, but not out of the woods. My wife is going to visit him this morning. This is costing us a fortune (thousands and thousands of dollors), but we took the responsibility of caring for him when we adopted him into our family. The specialist said he had half a chance when we brought him in and that's all we needed to hear.
Why am I posting this? I was researching seizures in Yorkies and found this forum and saw we were not alone and it's more common than we ever thought. I'm finding that it's also good therapy to share this.
We are all praying for Bailey. He has been sleeping with my wife for the last 9 years every single night *they snuggle) and we have 2 girls (6 and 4) who are writing him notes to get better. He really is family and is worth every penny.
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Oh wow! Thats so awful I am SO sorry your family is going through that. I will send prayers your way!