 Thank you - just waiting now
Thank you for your replies. A little background:
Bruno is 5 years old (and the love of our lives). About every 4 months, he trembles & has difficulty standing. He never lies on his side while he's having an "episode" (that's what I call it). However, he does have difficulty standing up. I give him syrup and he immediately bounces back (and acts as if nothing has happened). Also, his tongue and gums remain pink.
Yesterday (several hours after I posted, it happened again. I then took him to the animal hospital. His BS tested normal as well as his heart rate, reap. rate, and feces. She said maybe epilepsy - but she was not too convinced.
Today, I took him to his dr., who ran a blood panel on him (results will be in tomorrow morning). He too was a little confused. Hypoglycemia (if that it what it is) does not just happen in adult dogs. He is also leaning (if the blood panel comes back normal) to it not being a seizure at all but being from pain b/c of his luxating patellas...you know, he trembles b/c of the pain but is willing to jump right up after having some yummy syrup...this is just a thought. Both drs. told me that the syrup would not react that quickly in animals - make him recuperate in a matter of 10-15 seconds (but I don't know if I agree with that).
He said that if his blood panel comes back normal, he wants to x-ray his knees & hips b/c it, again, may not be seizures at all but pain he is experiencing.
Right now, unfortunately, it is just a wait & see game. I will know more in the morning.
Thank you again for your responses!
~Chris |