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After almost a year of treating Elvis' seizure with a "natural safe substance" we were still seeing only declined seizure activity, 2-3 every 4 months).

Last night Elvis went into a seizure around 7 p.m. and it was proceeded by 11 more in a 2 1/2 hour time period. All lasting about 30 seconds to one minute each. It was the worse than Elvis has ever been, I hated waiting kept expecting his meds to "work" but it wasn't happening. Thankfully my mom answered her phone & was able to come watch the kids ( who were going to bed but got back up as everything was so "exciting" with Elvis seizing & Scoobers freaking out just before each of Elvis' seizures). Scoobers literally screams, circles and whines trying to get to me & Elvis going into a complete panic.

After once again frantic calls to our vet, messages (Elvis sees a different vet than my other two whom has more experience with epileptic dogs) our vet after hours emergency number was unresponsive,, I tried Scoobers & Priness' vet-no luck out of town for the holiday directed patients to the 24 hr emergency clinic, and we were directed to use the 24 hr service at another vet's practice-a 15 minute drive to the next city over. I had anticipate either a something suppository (as done before) or a Valium shot).

I've been so frustrated with his course of treatment thus far (I know I don't talk about it on here a lot because I wouldn't want to recommend/encourage something adverse to what I feel is actually working for us) and we're supposed to go back to Davis in July for a check in MRI to determine the damage suffered and an evaluation & recommendation of treatment.

Well the vet we saw last night went briefly over what Elvis has been tested for and his current treatment and what we've been going through-half way through me discussing the advice I've been following he cut me off to say "this is complete bs!" He went on to say he has heard of his own son being told by another practitioner (vet) the same as I was being told and that some neurologists aren't as proactive as they should be small dogs do better on pheno than not, and the other medications aren't as
I was really taken back at first but he understood what I had been told and had 'come up against this before' with his own son seeking treatment for a chihuahua. He suggested another neurologist who he follows recommendations of and then went on to say he and this guy are working on the premise one seizure is one too many and under medication a dog shouldn't be having any seizures or obviously the medication regiment is inadequate.

he declined a Valium injection giving Elvis a Pheno. shot and sending me home with pheno. He said what so many on YT have said pheno. is perfectly fine for small dogs the anti-pheno treatment is only the attitude of those who do not consistently follow up with monitoring and regular checking of liver function and the liver processing the pheno.

Elvis immediately became calm and has gone over 12 hours without a seizure. We have a follow up there...they are taking new patients.
Hopefully we will getting on the right track now.

I know the internet isn't the place to seek advice but it was and has been very complicated to understand the advice or experts verses others saying their experts are treating their dogs in a different way.

Honestly now I'm just feeling like I wasn't more informed and not accepting the usual treatment like so many were-I was completely uniformed passively "trying" new treatments instead of following what works for everyone else.

Really hoping a pheno is the answer for Elvis, it is for so many others here.
Hoping everything will work out with this new vet, have to call back in three days if all goes well for a check in and schedule labs in 30 days to ensure this is the right treatment.