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seizures my 6 year old male yorkie, Jake, started having seizures about a week and a half ago. I have contacted my vet now twice, Jake has had 4 in a week and half. The vet keeps saying wait and keep track so we can get a pattern. i am very worried about if maybe he has a brain tumor. When these seizures start he begins panting and snorting and rolls on his side and starts kicking. I pick him up and try to comfort him. sometimes he potties and some times he doesnt. He sometimes frothes at the mouth an then in about a few minutes then he seems ok. When he is just sitting around it looks like he is nodding his head yes all the time. i am going to take him in to see another vet this week , maybe this one will take some blood and do some testing. i am very scared that i am going to loose him but i dont want him suffering either thanks for listening. |
My Gina started having seizures when she was 5. The first time I saw one I rushed her to the vet. The vet said not to worry unless she had them more than a few times per month. She didn't. Only once in a while so no meds were given. If your dog has them more often then meds are advised after an evaulation. It is scary and sad to see them like that. Good luck |
When you say you contacted the vet - do you mean you called them? In my opinion (take it for what it is) you should take Jake to the vet immediately. I can't believe any vet would say to wait - wait for what??? If he has a seizure after normal vet hours you should probably be high tailing it to the ER. |
i called by telephone at 7:30 pm on Saturday nite Vet said they couldnt do anything about it and call next time it happened. so i called the next it happen, which wa just 3 days later. he not to bring him in and keep a diary. they deal mostly with big animals, that is why i am taking to asmall animal vet Monday |
The seizures you are describing sound like severe generalized or grand mal seizures. These can be dangerous in close succession. 4 seizures in a week and a half is very troublesome if you do not know the diagnosis. I disagree with your vet, and I would definitely get a second opinion. I would get somewhere today with this dog if it were mine. |
Take Jake to another vet immediately...or Monday:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Any vet should automatically want to run blood-work, as about where he was what was going on, and they should talk to you about what and how to evaluate that he comes out of the seizure. I would never go back to that vet again. I was told to wait & monitor seizures for my dog...after multiple testing, evaluations, emergency visits where vet got out of bed in the middle of the night & ensured they fully explained & I fully understood what to check for, do, how to evaluate, and when Elvis would need to be rushed in...true at first I wasn't given meds just told to monitor, but still tests were done repeatably & vet insisted I bring him in regularly & always in an emergency-I was just upset after all that I had to keep a diary & monitor feeling very helpless. I'd be livid if I were you. Your situation could easily be due to a toxic substance having been ingested and your dog could have needed emergency treatment for it to end the seizures-seizures are a symptom of something they are not a diagnosis. If the response was just over the phone keep track with no blood-work, no in person evaluation that vet isn't worth the paper their diploma is printed on! |
There is some validity to not totally panicking over one seizure (some dogs will only have one and then never have a problem again). Obviously in this case those, 4 in just over a week - this pup needs to be seen immediately. Anyway, far as good medicine goes, basic bloodwork is indicated right after the first seizure to look at some values. Toxicity can cause a dog to seize and that is the first rule out. To not at least recommend an ER visit for bloodwork is just crazy. Large animal vets tend to be not so good at small animal medicine. |
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I took my Jake to see the vet last Monday, he did blood work and we wanted to wait and see what was the result of that test before he srted him on phenobarb, Got results back Thursday and started Jake o the phenobarb Friday. Jake had had 3 seizures Wednesday about 4 hours apart. I give Jake 1 3/4 ml twice a day. This morning his head is starting to bob up and down all the time like he is saying yes all the time, he was doing this before the phenobarb but not as bad, no seizures though, maybe once he gets used to this maybe I will have my baby back. The vet did warn me he might ac a little strange for the 1st week. |
I'm so sorry. I hope Jake will be ok and do better while on the med. Please keep us updated. |
I am sorry you are going through this. The head bobbling/saying yes actions sounds like a focal seizure to me. While he's not falling to the ground and foaming, it's still sounds like a definite neurological episode. Hopefully every other diagnosis has been ruled out and the phenobarbital will start to take effect. Phenobarbital will take at least a week or two. |
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I do not believe a pup should ever be diagnosed with epilepsy on a vet visit & blood work alone without other diagnostics to rule out anything else. |
I am not going to go so far as to say what tests need to be done. That is not my place at all. I just think a specialist is needed. |
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