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Mitzis Mom · 09-03-2010, 01:13 PM

Hi All, last week I learned that I should take Mikki to the vet again b/c of her seizures and have her put on medication and tested for liver shunt.

Today we saw a new vet also b/c of a second opinion. She told us that she likes to stay away from medications b/c of the side effects and since the seizures are NOT MORE OFTEN THAN EVERY FEW WEEKS AND NEVER MORE THAN ONCE A DAY it is tolerable. Mikki's seizures are also NOT SEVERE b/c they don't last longer than 5 minutes and the recuperation time is not longer than an hour.

A liver shunt is not likely since all other symptoms are missing but the vet took some blood and if this indicates an abnormality she will do a bile acid test.

The vet gave us a lot of info about what foods we have to avoid and about hollistic herbs we can give her. We asked about accupuncture and according to the vet that's a very good way to treat seizures so Mikki will have some accupuncture sessions this month.

Thank you for ushering me to go back to the vet with Mikki b/c now we can help her without chemicals and I feel much better having all the info we got today...

09-03-2010, 01:13 PM	#1
Mitzis Mom No Longer a Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,837	Mikki's seizures - hollistic approach... Hi All, last week I learned that I should take Mikki to the vet again b/c of her seizures and have her put on medication and tested for liver shunt. Today we saw a new vet also b/c of a second opinion. She told us that she likes to stay away from medications b/c of the side effects and since the seizures are NOT MORE OFTEN THAN EVERY FEW WEEKS AND NEVER MORE THAN ONCE A DAY it is tolerable. Mikki's seizures are also NOT SEVERE b/c they don't last longer than 5 minutes and the recuperation time is not longer than an hour. A liver shunt is not likely since all other symptoms are missing but the vet took some blood and if this indicates an abnormality she will do a bile acid test. The vet gave us a lot of info about what foods we have to avoid and about hollistic herbs we can give her. We asked about accupuncture and according to the vet that's a very good way to treat seizures so Mikki will have some accupuncture sessions this month. Thank you for ushering me to go back to the vet with Mikki b/c now we can help her without chemicals and I feel much better having all the info we got today...