Junebug Had A Seizure!!
 

I just posted a topic the other day about boarding your dog because me and hubby are going away in December and tonight, I panicked! Junebug was fine and all of a sudden he was under his favorite coffee table and I noticed he was standing and stiff, head held up high in the hair, was not moving and finally when he moved he was stumbling and lethargic. It was about a minute long and I did not know what the hell was going on! I called the vet immediately and he told me it could be a seizure or a stroke, etc. I could wait till tomorrow and see how he does and bring him in tomorrow or it would cost me $150 for him to come now. I didn't take any chances and took him in while it took the vet a half hour to get to his clinic. He said by what I described it sounded like a very mild seizure. No loss of bowels, no vomiting. The vet said they can sometimes last 3-5 minutes, loss of bowels and vomiting, and recovery time can take up to an hour.

It cost me a bundle between the emergency visit, bloodwork & he gave me some medicine to have on hand. He said if it happens again to call him and we will go from there. If it happens again in 2-3 months, the medicine is not worth the risks. The meds can cause liver damage and this breed is already known to have liver shunt & other problems. He will be calling me tomorrow to give me the results of the bloodwork.

I am a total wreck, for I have never seen this before and just losing my 21-22yo chihuahua not so long ago does not help :(

Prayers sent to you and Junebug! I hope the results tomorrow will bring answers!

I'm so sorry this happened. I have a dog who used to have seizures so I know how scary it is. Seizures are sometimes a symptom of an underlying problem so it's necessary to do testing to find out what's wrong. Please update when you get the test results back.

I'm so sorry to hear that this happened :( hopefully it is an isolated incident as seizures can be and bit a symptom if a more serious problem.

I'll be anxious to see how things go with your little guy. Mine has seizures, I too was terrified at first, but he's doing alright. He only has them occasionally and they last a few minutes, he pukes and it's done. I do not medicate him either, due to the infrequency of them. My vet said they started because of low blood sugar, when they ran blood test the first time he had a seizure, I believe his glucose was very low...25. That was I believe 6 years ago, he is now 9 years old. Don't worry too much about this, he may never, ever have another...but testing is important to see if there is an underlying problem. Kisses to Junebug and hugs to you...it will be ok.

I'm praying that you get good results today. How is Junebug now?

Really scary stuff. My Jilly had a seizure in my arms immediately after she was attacked by a big dog as we were trying to get away and home to the car. I just knew she was dying from the sounds she was making - kind of a death rasping and not breathing and her head was arched way back, her body stiff but shaking all over. It abated after a bit & she resumed breathing, became limp and regained herself before I got her to the vet. Many years ago I once had a poodle that would go into a kind of rigor, still and straighten her body out, put her chin up and become unresponsive for about 3 minutes about once a month or less frequently than that but the vet felt she never needed medication as it was so brief and never got worse. She eventually stopped having it and we never knew what caused it.

Has he had any recent trauma, a bump on the head, acted funny or had accept to any poison in or outdoors? Low blood sugar or stress from fear, hard exercise, any intense experience? I understand a head bump can cause a seizure. Maybe he jumped off something, missed his footing and fell, knocked his head into something. Hoping it's just a one-time thing and he goes ahead and does fine after this. But I'd check the yard and all around to be sure nobody tossed something awful into the yard or something that he got into. There could be just the tiniest bit of poisoned meat or something in the shrubs or grass or along the walkway of an apartment. I pray all is going to be okay. Poor Junebug.

Got the call today from the vet and his bloodwork came back normal. I questioned him about an underlying condition and he said that 98% of bloodwork done after a seizure show normal results.

At this point, he gave me some medicine as a backup and I am to call him the next time it happens. If it becomes more frequent we might have to put him on the medicine even though I am against it. It could do more harm than good.

I truly hope there is NOT a next time....(((Junebug))))

My Gina started having seizures at the age of five. They were gran mals but the frequency was years apart so the vet did not give her any meds. Extreme stress would bring the seizures. Hope Junebug does not have any more, ever.

How's Junebug doing?

My Huey has had 2 episodes that might have been seizure activity. I didn't see any seizure, but he acted post-ictal both times. For non-nurses:
Postictal state

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The postictal state is the altered state of consciousness that a person enters after experiencing a seizure. It usually lasts between 5 and 30 minutes, but sometimes longer in the case of larger or more severe seizures and is characterized by drowsiness, confusion, nausea, hypertension, headache or migraine and other disorienting symptoms.

Since his episodes were greater than 6 months apart, the Vet said, like you mentioned, that medications were not indicated & could do more harm than good. In fact, his first episode was how I found YT in the first place! So it was actually a good thing! He hasn't had any more after those original 2 times, so I am hopeful that if it WAS a seizure, that it has not recurred.

Oh no I am sorry to hear!!! Praying that Junebug will be much better.