[Pam 19]

armanireeves: If your baby has had that many seizures in that short of time you should have already had her at an Emergency Vet Clinic or at least your regular vet as soon as they opened the doors. Occassional seizures are not usually that bad but still need to be addressed with your vet. There are also diffenent types of seizure activity. Not all include the jerking & shaking. Loosing control of pee or poop is not uncommon for dogs or people during a seizure. Staring with blank facial expressions is also not uncommon. Unless there is something seriously wrong with you baby causing the seizures the vet may be able to treat with seizure medication. I had a pup that seizured about every 3 or 4 months. He would just all of a sudden get down from the couch or walk to a place nearby & just fall over on his side with a blank stare, breathing heavily with a sharp crying noise at times. It would only last a maybe 2 or 3 mins but seemed like a lifetime. I would just start gently rubbing his side & telling him that it was going to be OK over & over in a calm voice. For some reason this seemed to help calm him. The vet put him on Phenobarbital (strong seizure med.) once a day. He still had seizures occassionally but not near as often. There were no tests run. I just explained to the vet what he was doing when the seizures took place. With yours doing it that frequently, they may need to do some testing. Don't think about putting her down untill the vet tells you that there is nothing that can be done to help her. Explain to the vet that you don't have the money for expensive testing & is there somewhere or someone that might be able to help you, if the vet can't. It may be just a matter of taking medication everyday. But getting her to the vet is your first priority, not waiting around!! Frequent seizure activity like yours has had is very dangerous.