My yorkie woke up disoriented and shaking
 

Hey guys its been a while since I been on here! But I just moved to Florida and with the move its been hetic. But anyway I have an Emergency question? This am my 3 1/2 year old yorkie woke up at 6:30 am she was disoriented and shaking all over and was off balance and couldnt walk her head was turning to one side and her eyes looked like deer in headlights, I could tell she was scared I yelled for my husband to wake up I held her very close and kept telling her it was alright we rushed her to the ER vet her in Saint Pete FL and she was acting normal by the time we got there? They said for us to bring her home and keep and eye on her and try to video it if it happens again? Im so worried I dont what to do? she acting normal now? I dont where to go from here? They mentioned maybe a seizure, or muscle spasm? They said they just couldnt diagnose without seeing the episode which I totally understand! Please help if any of you have experienced this.
4 years ago we lived down here before moving back to KY for 3 and our other yorkie we had starting presenting the same symptoms but Tiki my dog now isnt as severe. We had to put the other dog in ICU for 5 days she got better on her on and then a month later she relapsed and ended up dying they never figured out what it was but the vets were looking into COON HOUND SYNDROME which is very rare disease you get from raccoons? But I am just panicking because Tiki wasnt acting like that with same symtpoms as the other yorkie!? Please Help!

It sounds like a seizure to me which is a symptom of a disorder. I would have bloodwork done

Did you give her sugar when it happened? Did the vet check glucose?
She needs blood work. You don't have to just wait for it to happen again.
The first thing (after hypoglycemia) that should be looked into is liver shunt. Since she came out of it, I'm assuming she didn't get into anything toxic... But I would have blood work done today.

tiki
 

okay thanks so much! they said if it happened again they would run some blood work and it was going to cost 180! But I dont care about the price even though i dont have the money i will figure it out! But I will call and see if I can just bring her back for a full blood work up and check her liver shunt???? I done some research and i will look into it. your right it did seem like a seizure? It breaks my heart to think she is any kind of pain this is my baby! so thanks for gettin back so quick with your advice

Keegan has had a couple of episodes very similar to the one your baby had. The vet said it was probably a seizure & that unless they start happening on a more regular basis, we won't worry. Keegan has only had a few & he's 8. They did seem to happen when he was super stressed or abnormally excited.

That quote was from an EC....your regular vet probably will be much less. I would definitely get blood work done!