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05-13-2012, 05:32 AM | #1 |
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| Rhianna spent the night in the hospital Rhianna went into a series of cluster seizures yesterday which has never happened before . . . A little history . .. when Rhianna was around 10 months old she fell backwards off our couch while playing hitting her head extremely hard on the wood floor which caused her to have a seizure. After rushing her to the vet, they told me she was ok and that if she continued to have seizures to get her back right away. No other seizures occurred until 3 months later . . .again, I brought her back to the vet and the seizure had already ended. They checked her vitals, ran some blood work and deemed her all within normal limits and told me to start keeping a diary of seizures. Well, her seizures were few and far inbetween, maybe once every few months. Vet did bile acid tests, CBC, urine, etc . . .all came back fine. So she was deemed "idiopathic" and again, since she was young and seizures weren't frequent, no pheno . . . Fast forward to May 12th . . .normal day, great day . . until around 5:45pm . . .Rhianna started to have a seizure, hadn't had one since January 25th . . .she is fully aware, not convulsive seizures, just shaking and tremors . . .she came out of it within 3 minutes . . .10 minutes later she started her second seizure . . .I was somewhat taken aback because this was out of character . . .she then started throwing up white foam . .she just kept trembling . . .we took her immediately to the vet hospital. They were able to successfully stop her seizure with valium. They then ran another CBC and it came back normal. They started her on pheno and as of right this second, she's been seizure free and is stable and now will be on pheno forever . . . They said she is a bit groggy from the meds and will reevaluate this afternoon to see if I can bring her home. I have to bring her back to my regular vet in 6 weeks for blood work and to check liver values from the pheno . . . I hope she doesn't stay groggy continously . . .I just want my little girl who was wild and nutty and happy!
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05-13-2012, 05:40 AM | #2 |
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| Oh,,,praying for her & you!
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05-13-2012, 05:52 AM | #3 |
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| Keepin you in my thought's Sooooo Sorry praying for you and her. |
05-13-2012, 06:12 AM | #4 |
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05-13-2012, 06:15 AM | #5 |
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| I would consider going to a board certified neurologist for an opinion. The fact that she had a head injury and now the seizures are getting worse would concern me. Other meds for seizures are now being used that don't have the side effects that phenobarbitol can have.
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05-13-2012, 06:20 AM | #6 |
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| Just wondering how the vet diagnosed these seizures as idiopathic since that means no known cause. I would think that an evaluation by a neurologist and testing would need to be done since there was a head injury. Very concerning to me.
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05-13-2012, 06:24 AM | #7 |
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| Idiopathic epilepsy can only be diagnosed once all other medical and neurological conditions are ruled out. This involves neurological testing to do. Your vet is guessing. If it were my dog, I'd do all the testing to make sure the seizures really are idiopathic. There are many other conditions facing the Yorkshire terrier that cause seizures which should be ruled out.
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05-13-2012, 06:31 AM | #9 | |
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Waiting to hear if we'll actually get to bring her home today or if she'll be spending another 24 hours at the emergency hospital. All in all, very very nerve wracking and exhausting . ..
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05-13-2012, 06:42 AM | #10 |
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| I will keep Rhianna in my thoughts and prayers. Do hope she is doing better today.
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05-13-2012, 06:42 AM | #11 | |
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She's had full serum chem panels, bile acids, uranalysis and they didn't feel that her fall was the cause of her seizures. They were swaying with idopathic by heredity. When I check back in with my regular vet I'll ask about a spinal and MRI. I've been with the same vet since our first dog in 1999 and trust them completely, I'm not too concerned with their diagnosis at the emergency hospital, since our normal vet is her primary care vet and she'll be following up with him this week, then again, after to test the pheno levels.
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05-13-2012, 06:54 AM | #12 |
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| Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I will provide an update later, hopefully I'll be able to get her today, she's really missed! That would be the best Mother's Day present ever!
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05-13-2012, 07:21 AM | #13 |
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| Im crossing my fingers she gets to come home for Mothers day
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05-13-2012, 07:51 AM | #14 |
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| I'm sorry you and Rhianna had such a tough night. Seizures are very scary. I am in agreement with both Cathy and Linda in that more testing may want to be considered. My Max has idiopathic epilepsy and it was diagnosed only after all testing was exhausted, which included both an MRI and spinal tap. Max also has done extremely well on phenobarbital. He takes liver supplements daily which have since proven to help his liver function. I hope she comes home soon
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05-13-2012, 08:03 AM | #15 |
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| Thanks Karen. Do you know how long I should expect her to be not herself? They told me this morning she is groggy from the pheno and that it may take 2 - 3 weeks for her to adjust. They also said she may have increased thirst/hunger, frequent urination, grogginess, etc . . . I'm kind of scared if she comes home today and just lays around . . .
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