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

The Results are in...Vet Visit 12/26

Just called the vet and Topaz's PB test results are in.

He's on the low end of normal, but if everything seems to be ok we'll continue as we are with the 1 1/2 gram dose.

He's been seizure free for a month!! So let's hope it stays that way for a long time.

Vet Visit...12/26

We took Topaz to the vet. He weighs 64 lbs. I think he should weigh around 60lbs so we're going to adjust his food a bit, and onyx's too I think. I need to email the food lady.

Anyway, we did the blood draw and got more meds. For my own note and for future reference it's 97.00 to get the blood draw and the pills.

We need to wait a few days to get the results. When we do I will update.

We've been seizure free for almost a month!! WOO HOO!!!

No seizure...just weirdness?

When Topaz has a seizure there's a certain smell. I don't know if it's saliva or what it is. I had been calling it "adrenalin" because I didn't know what else it could have been. But it's definitely a distinct smell and it is ALWAYS there when he has a seizure or has HAD a seizure.

Sometimes when we let him out of his cage, the room he's in (my "office") has this smell. I always check his chest and muzzle for signs of wetness and then check the blanket or towel that's in his cage. There's usually nothing. So I assume no seizure has occurred.

I can't help but wonder what this smell is, and whether a small seizure happened. I know he's on meds and everything and should be ok. But who knows. We weren't home, so I don't know.

Weird.