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Originally Posted by Dan & Corinne Hi Chad & Icee,
I saw your post for the first time today and I felt like I wrote it. Jewel had very similar symptoms to Icee. We had an MRI & spinal tap done and her doctor told us it looks like Jewel has Necrotizing Encephelitis or GME. Did you post what Icee was diagnosed with? I must have missed it.
To controll Jewel's seizures, we started with potassium bromide instead of phenobabitol for safety reasons. PB takes longer to bring seizures under controll but it does not harm the kidney or liver.
Just in case Icee does have another seizure, here is a simple thing you can do that seems to help Jewel quite a bit. We put an icepack on her lower back between the lower rib to the tail section. It seem to get her out of the seizure more quickly and also seems to curb the frantic running they do after.
I'd like to compare notes with you just to see if there is more I can do for Jewel. It sound like Icee is stable and I'm very happy for you & your wife that she is doing well.
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THat's the funny thing. The never diagnosted her. They just sent us home, and told us that she would prolly get worse and eventually die!!!!
Butttttt........................
She is perfect now, and i mean perfect. She is the greatest dog ever. She wakes us up every morning with lots of kisses on our noses.
Chad