Lost 2 yr old girl to massive seizure
 

Hi all, I haven't posted in ages but I am hoping to pick ya'lls brains a bit. I'm sorry if this goes all over the place but I am so upset.

This past Monday we lost our Rosie to a massive seizure. It has been a blur and I am beside myself trying to work out what went wrong. I was
Hoping you all could just give suggestions because I am not sure I can heal from this until I figure it out.

We awoke Monday morning to find Rosie in her crate unable to move with any control of herself. She couldn't control any part of her but did try. We rushed her to the vet who said she was in a seizure. Who knows how long she was that way.
They took her right back, hooked her up to an IV, gave her valiume and took blood tests. We left her for the day with frequent phone calls to the vet.

I had to go out of town for the day to pick my daughter up in another city but hubby stayed home to make sure he was there for Rosie. By the end of the day the vet said that nothing they were doing was working and she had only gotten worse with the seizure never having stopped and by 5:00 recommended that she be put to sleep. My husband went to be with her and bring her home. He called me and told me but before I could process it and think he had brought her home and had her buried in the garden.

All of her blood tests were normal With the exception I think of the kidney just being slightly raised but not over the normal range. They could find no reason for what was happening and nothing they were doing was stopping it and it only got worse through out the day.

Now home and my girl already burried I am desperate for answers. I have run every little thing over in my head and searched the Internet and just can't figure it out.

These are the things I can think of but really she never had any problems in her short 2 and half years.

1. She had a purtruding sternum that we noticed from the time she lost her baby fat. We'd asked several vets and none gave it a second thought. Could it have been more?

2. She has always yipped when picked up even very carefully but nothing could ever be found to be wrong but was always fine otherwise.

3. She wasn't a normal yorkie in her eatin habits as she was always a good eater.

4. She was eating, drinking, peeing and pooing normally right up until Sunday night. She had one bout of diarrhoea about 2 weeks before which was gone the next morning and one time she was salivating. I thought she was hungry and needed something in her belly so fed her and didn't see her do it again.

5. Also around that same time she had a bout of crying as though in pain. I checked her over and found she had a matt I thought might be pulling her skin. She had her bath a brush out and the matt removed and she didn't do it again.

6. She is raw fed and has been for just under a year now. She has never had a problem at all with it and always ate and pooed perfectly but now running all this over in my head I wonder if she had an underlying shunt or something that the high protein could have agrivated. But she never showed any symptoms that I can tell. The only thing I can put a finger on at all was that her pee was always a darker color than my other dog but not so different I thought much of it.

If anyone can make any sense of any of this or has any ideas I can explore I would greatly appreciate it. If I can think of anything else I will post it. Sorry, if I am all over the place in this but my head is in a fog and I miss her so much, I just can't believe she is gone.

I am truly sorry for your loss. I understand how horrible all of this is for you & hope you'll find your answers. I'm not even close to being knowledgeable but can offer you a long distance ((hug)).

:cry: I'm so sorry to hear of Rosie's sudden illness and death. The only way I can think that you might get answers would to be have a necropsy done on her, but I don't know if its too late as she has already been buried. I empathize with both your need to know and the incredible grief of a sudden death. Sending warm thoughts that you might find peace, and the answers you need to help you heal.

My deepest sympathies on the loss of your sweet Rosie. I am not knowledgeable enough to help you but I found this website on seizures maybe it can help. R.I.P. Rosie http://www.dogsymptomscure.com/dog-s...-symptoms.php#

I'm so sorry for your tragic loss of Rosie. RIP little one.

It sounds like she could have have a Liver Shunt. Many are not diagnosed till they're older, between 2-5 years old. Also, when Vallium does not stop the seizure, it could have been from toxins in her bloodstream that went to her brain, in which case Lactulose is used to immediately detox the system. Also the dark urine I think is seen in dogs with LS, especially if it has a strong odor of ammonia to it. Occasssionally LS dogs will drool when the toxins are building up in their bloodstream.

Im sorry for your loss. I dont have any experience with this but I hope you get your answers

I am so so sorry for your loss :(.

Thank you all for your condolences and any insight you may have, it's very much appreciated.


Do you think it's possible that she had a liver shunt if her number was only slightly raised but over the normal limit? Is it possible with her numbers being so close to normal that she could have had enough toxins in her system to cause a seizure like that?

Our first thought when we found her and on the way to the vet was that she had gotten into something but the vet said her blood numbers didn't look as though it could have been poison of any kind.

I am so sorry for your loss ((HUGGZZ))

I am so sorry to hear of your loss...RIP little girl

You're right, probably not LS. The only other conditions I know of would be AAI, or Chiari, which cause too much Cerebral Spinal Fluid in the brain, which then causes pressure on the nerves going to the brain. Unexplained crying or occassional yelping is sometimes common. These conditions can result in respiratory failure, seizures, coma and death, depending on which nerves the swelling affects. Some signs are an odd gait, odd or uncomfortable in a normal head down position for eating or drinking. Symptoms are usually brought on by some activity like jumping off a couch or chair, jumping over things while playing, trouble going up stairs, or just something as simple as turning the head. Not all these symptoms are always present. Also these conditions are diagnosed by MRI, sometimes by Xray.

I am so very sorry for you loss. Is it possible she ate something toxic to dogs?

I am so sorry for your loss! I don't have any advice but I'm praying for you.

Wish I could help but I can pray for you and hope that one day your pain is less and you start to heal. I am just so sorry you lost your girl like this. She was so young. This is such a tragic and awful story! I know she is at peace now. God bless you and I hope each day starts to get a little easier soon.

I am so very sorry for your loss. Its hard when you are expecting it, let alone when it is just sudden like that. Praying for you and your family. RIP, baby girl.

So sorry for the loss of your sweet baby.

I don't have any answers, but wanted to say I'm sorry for your loss.

Haven't been on YorkieTalk for a while... life has been incredibly hectic, but please know that I and every other Yorkie lover who has read your post is feeling the pain of your loss. These are our babies... we cannot explain the love we have for these tiny dogs to people who do not have them. You will have to give yourself time to grieve. You are in the first stage -- the WHY!... the WHAT happened... the HOW did I miss the symptons... the WHO could have prevented it... the WHEN will the pain subside... I suspect there was nothing you could have done. The die was cast when the dam was bred. Comfort yourself in the knowledge you gave this baby a loving and comfortable life while she was on this earth. I'm so sorry you lost your baby...

I am sorry to,hear of the sudden passing of your baby.

I do not know if this is the answer because it is apparently extremely rare.

Most epileptic dogs are diagnosed between 2 to 4 years old.

My Elvis has cluster seizures. This and other neurological issues have been proven in his line. Out of over a dozen dog owners with digs from his line 2 lost their dogs the same as your girl, one was a pup who went into a seizure and never came out dying shortly after making it to the vets and the other was almost 3 had had a couple cluster seizure episodes and then went into a seizure set and despite similar medical emergency treatment to your girl while this dog did come out of seizure she never fully recocered to motor control and after almost 48 hours of seizures was also put down.

You may never get the right answer but it imparative you contact your breeder to let them know.

While this may absolutely not be a genetic issue it is possible it is and thus the information is critical.

I am so sorry this happened and in this way.
I truly know the feeling, while my Elvis is alive I fear what you and the others I mentioned everytime he has a set.

So very sorry for your loss:(

I am so sorry for the sudden loss of your Rosie. I don't have any advice but praying for you and your family.

I am so sorry for your loss

I am so sorry to hear about Rosie:( Sending hugs your way

I have no advice, but I just wanted to say I am so sorry for your loss :( I cannot imagine the pain you are feeling right now. I hope you are able to figure out what happened to poor Rosie.

i am very sorry for your loss of rosie! sending hugs and prayers for your heart to be able to heal a lil in time over the loss of your sweet baby especially if you do not find the answers as i can only imagine how difficult that must be. rip rosie.

I am so very sorry for your loss. :sad:
I don't have answers for you just warm thoughts and a hug.
R.I.P. Sweet Rosie :rbyorkie:

I'm so sorry for your loss. That must be so heartbreaking for you.
I think without a necropsy, you will be left wondering and I think that is also part of the grieving process. That being said, could she have had a fall of any sort? Seizures related to concussions can occur weeks or even months after the injury. Also, she could have had some type of tumor in the brain growing unbeknownst to you which could cause this type of seizure. Really, there are probably a million things. Sometimes these things just happen and there is nothing we could do....

So so sorry for your loss. I hope you can get some answers.