Another Grand Mal and On His Way to the Vet

Topaz had another grand mal at 10:21. It lasted a minute or so.

I was sitting here posting on a forum or updating a blog and I saw him walking in circles in the doorway. I got to him just as he was about to fall over and he had the seizure.

My husband called the vet and they wanted us to bring him in, so he's on his way now with my husband.

We'll see what the vet has to say...

Called the Vet 2/3

Called the vet and the vet is going to put him on Potassium Bromide. I guess some other company in Arizona has to call me because they make it special and they flavor it or something...interesting.

Anyways, that's the way we're going.

The side effects are similar. and of course levels will need to be checked. I am going to do the thyroid panel at the same time they check his levels. That will be an expensive vet trip!

Off to feed and bathe the puppa...

2/3/08 Grand Mal and 3 Clusters

Topaz had a Grand Mal this morning at 5:52am and then 3 clusters shortly after. The whole thing was over by 6:10 or so.

He has been sleeping in our bedroom for the past few nights. He's been barking at night when we put him in his cage to go to sleep and just would not settle down. I think that's because he went from crated 8 hours a day when my husband was volunteering at the shelter, to being out now that he's home again.

He was on my side of the bed on the floor when he had the first one. Once he came out of that, we put a leash on him to go outside to cool him off like we usually do and he had the other 3 once we got into the kitchen.

They didn't seem as violent as the past ones, but maybe I'm getting used to them...I don't know.

Right now he's lying on the floor next to me. He seems really out of it and very tired tonight in his post ictal stage. I'm sure they take a lot out of you.

We'll be calling the vet when they open. I think they will add Potassium Bromide and we will definitely be getting the thyroid test in a couple weeks. Will update again after the vet call.

Differences in food/environment...I gave him 3 tiny new treats and a couple days ago I started the dogs on chicken backs instead of turkey/chicken necks. Doubt either had to do with this though. Oh and he may have had some Mc Donald fries. But I'm not sure...if so it was like maybe 10 of them and it was the other day. Hmmm Environment...nothing I can think of offhand. The husband is home more, and I did go to the ER last night with an anxiety/panic attack so I know my husband and I have both been stressed and worried, maybe we are giving that energy off to the animals...but other than that, I don't know.

And...unfortunately, I need to reset his ticker. He had gone 66 days though! That's something.

What the vet said

I called the vet the morning after the incident and she said that since I am not positive it was a seizure and it was so different than the others...and especially since our other animals didn't seem to notice anything happened, we're not going to treat this as a break through seizure and so we won't be changing anything right now.

She also said that if he needs more medication or an addition medication, he will have another seizure and will let us know that.

Hopefully he won't!!

So for now, we're not going to call this a seizure...but maybe an "episode" and I do have documentation on it now here so that's good too.

So the ticker remains!!!

Now that I check more closely...

He did urinate on himself.

I wonder if I just didn't hear him have the seizure? Maybe it wasn't as severe as the last couple have been.

I don't know, I'll call the vet in the morning and see what they say.

Not sure if he had a seizure or not tonight....

I think Topaz may have had a seizure tonight. I am not sure though.

He just woke me up about 10 minutes (1:40 am) or so ago but just with barking. That high pitched, get me out of my cage, barking.

If he did have a seizure, I did not hear him while he was having it in his cage.

The room had a faint smell of that saliva smell and when I check his muzzle and chest when he got out, it was a little wet. But no urine or feces in his cage and his blanket was only a little bit wet. The wetness was on his mouth a bit and his chest, which is typical during a seizure, however.

He's outside with our other dog, who was asleep on our bed when I got up. (generally when he has a seizure she is up when I get to him)

He's acting a bit post ictal, but not really. He knew his name and commands and didn't seem as nervous as he usually is.

No changes in his food, except one raw baby carrot tonight and the necks I fed them seemed a bit slimy today. The weather has been really wonky too...we've went from 30's and snow to 60's and rain in a matter of a week. It's been in the 40's the past couple days. The husband and I argued a lot this weekend too, with yelling, but I always try to nip it quickly for Topaz's sake.

So I don't know. I'll call his vet in the morning and see what they have to say. If this was a seizure it was not typical.

I'm not going to change the ticker either. I want to see what the vet says first.

No seizure...just a dog update

Some jerk opened up our gates and let the dogs out this afternoon! I can't believe people would do such a nasty thing!!

Anyways, I wrote about it at my other blog. Here's the link.

http://randomheidiness.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-yeardog-scare.html