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Jasminesmom · 04-18-2017, 10:46 AM

Hi everybody I've never used one of these before hopefully I do it right. My Jasmine will be 15 in July she's in good health although she does have a collapsing trachea a kidney disease and she's completely deaf however the vet said she has a good quality of life and is in good health for her age.
I recently left town and my Jasmine had some trouble at my sisters house while we were gone she threw up had a slight seizure and paced the house and wouldn't sleep very much at all this is not her normal behavior so I was concerned and looking forward to getting home to see her I assumed she was just upset that we had left, although she's never responded to separation in that way before.
So I got home about 10:30 Saturday night went to bed and at 1 o'clock in the morning she woke us up screaming frantically we held her and she urinated on me she defecated on my husband and was looking around the room straight through us as though we weren't there. She was fighting to be put down so when we let her down she ran around the house bumping into things and would get herself stuck against a wall or in a corner and would just scream. After a moment she stopped bumping into things but continue to want to run frantically around the house it was as though she was trying to get away from something but she would not let us comfort her so after a moment we were concerned with her heart rate and her frantic breathing we took her into the emergency vet. They did bloodwork and said she has an infection gave her an antibiotic and a steroid shot to calm her down we slept in the car outside of the vet all night just in case she had another episode we wanted to be close. (We love our baby don't judge lol) Throughout the night she had quite a lot of gas some of it with mucus coming out of the same time.
We suspected that maybe her food had made her sick so when I got home I made rice with carrots and potatoes and that's what we've been feeding her.
She slept quite a lot of the day Sunday and at 6 o'clock I thought she was feeling better so I let her out to use the restroom and she did it again ran around the backside of the house and was trying to get into the back door this time she did let us hold her although she fought to be free you could tell she wanted to be with us, this episode only lasted about 15 minutes in comparison to the hour of the night before.
I took her to the vet Monday (her vet, not my favorite but one that works at her clinic & has seen her before, my second favorite) and he said she has colitis & as far as the episodes he didn't know why she would behave that way I asked if he thought it was extreme pain from colitis and he said that is possible but not normal so he couldn't say that that's what was causing it.
I asked if it was simply in an emotional reaction to me leaving town and he did not think so although he said that it could have made her symptoms worse he did not think it was the cause.
I noticed that every time she had an episode she urinated and defecated throughout the day Sunday she would urinate fine but the next time she had her episode at 6 PM was when she was trying to defecate after that she defecated again and ran away from it as though she was afraid of it since then her bowel movements have become more normal and she has not had an episode since 6 PM Sunday. From Sunday at 6 o'clock to now Tuesday morning she has had many bowel movements more than normal. But she has not had another panicked screaming running episode since then.
My question for all of you is have you ever heard of this behavior, do you have any thoughts on what has caused it? If it is emotional what can I do to help her I do not have a lifestyle that I can stay home with her all day every day I am for now until she gets completely better but I can't risk her ever going through something like that again it was horrible. If your recommendation is to give her medication to calm her what would you suggest I give her I'm not a huge fan of drugs but she is very old and right now I'm more interested in her quality-of-life versus quantity because I don't think I have that much time left with her so I just want her to be comfortable and happy.
If you have questions about for instance why is a suspect her food please feel free to ask or if you need clarification of anything in my story please send me questions I'm home I'll be watching the form thank you all so much for your time.
( BTW I'm not very good at this hopefully I will see your questions and figure out how to respond )

04-18-2017, 10:46 AM	#1
Jasminesmom Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: utah Posts: 11	Panicking yorkie Hi everybody I've never used one of these before hopefully I do it right. My Jasmine will be 15 in July she's in good health although she does have a collapsing trachea a kidney disease and she's completely deaf however the vet said she has a good quality of life and is in good health for her age. I recently left town and my Jasmine had some trouble at my sisters house while we were gone she threw up had a slight seizure and paced the house and wouldn't sleep very much at all this is not her normal behavior so I was concerned and looking forward to getting home to see her I assumed she was just upset that we had left, although she's never responded to separation in that way before. So I got home about 10:30 Saturday night went to bed and at 1 o'clock in the morning she woke us up screaming frantically we held her and she urinated on me she defecated on my husband and was looking around the room straight through us as though we weren't there. She was fighting to be put down so when we let her down she ran around the house bumping into things and would get herself stuck against a wall or in a corner and would just scream. After a moment she stopped bumping into things but continue to want to run frantically around the house it was as though she was trying to get away from something but she would not let us comfort her so after a moment we were concerned with her heart rate and her frantic breathing we took her into the emergency vet. They did bloodwork and said she has an infection gave her an antibiotic and a steroid shot to calm her down we slept in the car outside of the vet all night just in case she had another episode we wanted to be close. (We love our baby don't judge lol) Throughout the night she had quite a lot of gas some of it with mucus coming out of the same time. We suspected that maybe her food had made her sick so when I got home I made rice with carrots and potatoes and that's what we've been feeding her. She slept quite a lot of the day Sunday and at 6 o'clock I thought she was feeling better so I let her out to use the restroom and she did it again ran around the backside of the house and was trying to get into the back door this time she did let us hold her although she fought to be free you could tell she wanted to be with us, this episode only lasted about 15 minutes in comparison to the hour of the night before. I took her to the vet Monday (her vet, not my favorite but one that works at her clinic & has seen her before, my second favorite) and he said she has colitis & as far as the episodes he didn't know why she would behave that way I asked if he thought it was extreme pain from colitis and he said that is possible but not normal so he couldn't say that that's what was causing it. I asked if it was simply in an emotional reaction to me leaving town and he did not think so although he said that it could have made her symptoms worse he did not think it was the cause. I noticed that every time she had an episode she urinated and defecated throughout the day Sunday she would urinate fine but the next time she had her episode at 6 PM was when she was trying to defecate after that she defecated again and ran away from it as though she was afraid of it since then her bowel movements have become more normal and she has not had an episode since 6 PM Sunday. From Sunday at 6 o'clock to now Tuesday morning she has had many bowel movements more than normal. But she has not had another panicked screaming running episode since then. My question for all of you is have you ever heard of this behavior, do you have any thoughts on what has caused it? If it is emotional what can I do to help her I do not have a lifestyle that I can stay home with her all day every day I am for now until she gets completely better but I can't risk her ever going through something like that again it was horrible. If your recommendation is to give her medication to calm her what would you suggest I give her I'm not a huge fan of drugs but she is very old and right now I'm more interested in her quality-of-life versus quantity because I don't think I have that much time left with her so I just want her to be comfortable and happy. If you have questions about for instance why is a suspect her food please feel free to ask or if you need clarification of anything in my story please send me questions I'm home I'll be watching the form thank you all so much for your time. ( BTW I'm not very good at this hopefully I will see your questions and figure out how to respond )