[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

I did only the referral to UC Davis and spoke to the head of their neurology department, she requested the initial blood work, test for liver/kidney function and later wanted the results of a 90 day tracking, interstitially we weren't sure if this was neurological or environmental or caused by another medical problem as I had only had Elvis a month or so I think and the kennel I got him from said he had never had a seizure or any medical issues-although Shelborne's Yorkies also claimed to de-worm and regularly treat for worms and Elvis arrived with worms (severe infestation), no fleas but he had tons of flea poo in his coat, and teeth in very poor condition for his age. I had to have him immediately treated with de-wormer and he had to have a tooth scraping and cleaning at the vets-it was too bad to have done at the groomer, plus Elaine never sent his vet records as she said she would for the two years she had him, and failed to respond later to my requests for them, so its uncertain if she knew he had this issue (seizures), he also has arthritis and that was stated but that's easy to treat for and we have that under control with a vitamin supplement. My vet took all this treatment very seriously so I never doubted their decisions. Anyways after the results of the tests here and the 90 day tracking of seizure activity the head of neurology at UC Davis determined that unless seizures were occurring regularly within a 30 day time period, seizures every month the MRI would be pointless and so would medication. I guess in all honest MRI results in dogs can only tell the part of the brain affected, as well the extent of damage. But my point is exactly that Elvis having cluster seizures is more severe even every 90 days than a dog who say seizes once every 30 days. I mean I respect their decisions but I think sometimes people that are used to these situations give general determinations and they forget that even though Elvis is my dog he's also one of my kids.

Have you updated UC Davis since Elvis started have cluster seizures so close together that go on for days?