Going to print this out and take it back to my vet...but Elvis' seizures are about 4-6 months apart is "episodes" its just that once he has one he has 3-5 within 48 hours...really appreciate the follow up from everyone I feel like after the initial emergency the vet was deeply concerned for a 30 day and then a 90 day tracking period kind of went there's nothing we can do besides give Karo syrup in between seizures, keep valume on hand if he doesn't come out of it in more than 5 minutes (some of those times one minute, two minutes-have been the longest minutes of my life) I have taken him to three vets locally because I felt kind of concerned about hte vets lattened laxed approach-although I do go to a very esteemed vet-I wasn't willing to just have one opinion to go on. All the vets felt that his seizure episodes weren't frequent enough and that medication long term has the same effects as untreated "mild" cluster epilepsy. I was still frustrated thinking why is it other dogs have seizures and live long lives and I'm here being told I will have to be making quality of life decisions for my Elvie-roo before a quarter of his expected life span has passed? I also did the UC Davis consult and they too agreed his disorder doesn't warrant meds unless the seizure episode become monthly, but still he has 3-5 at a time, often minutes apart... |