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lladyon · 08-16-2010, 10:45 AM

Last evening Murphy (thirteen months old) had a couple of episodes of wretching without vomiting. He then started having ataxia, suddenly. He was having random jerky movements and seemed generally depressed, but responded to us appropriately.
We took him immediately to emergency with suspician of poisoning,where he had bloodwork and xrays. They planned to put him under anesthetic, and do gastric lavage as well has IV hydration.
The bloodwork indicated a lowered phosphate level. This would explain the ataxia and muscle jerks. Xrays did not indicate any foreign bodies in his stomach or intestine. They did not need to sedate him.He was given activated charcoal with our suspicions of an unknown ingested toxin. He was placed on IV and hydrated through the night and into today.
Has anyone experience an occurance such as this and if so what were the findings if they were determined?

08-16-2010, 10:45 AM	#1
lladyon Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 19	Sudden Ataxia and wretching?? Last evening Murphy (thirteen months old) had a couple of episodes of wretching without vomiting. He then started having ataxia, suddenly. He was having random jerky movements and seemed generally depressed, but responded to us appropriately. We took him immediately to emergency with suspician of poisoning,where he had bloodwork and xrays. They planned to put him under anesthetic, and do gastric lavage as well has IV hydration. The bloodwork indicated a lowered phosphate level. This would explain the ataxia and muscle jerks. Xrays did not indicate any foreign bodies in his stomach or intestine. They did not need to sedate him.He was given activated charcoal with our suspicions of an unknown ingested toxin. He was placed on IV and hydrated through the night and into today. Has anyone experience an occurance such as this and if so what were the findings if they were determined? Last edited by lladyon; 08-16-2010 at 10:47 AM.