seizures
Sorry to hear about the problems your pup has been having. Sounds like she is doing better now. Hope things continue to go well. I want to share with you our experience with canine seizures. It's a long post, but maybe someone will benefit by the experience we gained.
About seven years ago, we had a mixed breed (Sharpei & Basset Hound) named Sushi that started to have seizures about two years before her passing. At first, we thought maybe she had gotten into some rose dust (a powder you put on rose plants to keep bugs off). We had our vet check her out, but couldn't find anything. The time span from the time the dog has the seizure and the time you see a vet is critical. About six months later she had another seizure. She knew when she was going to have one, because she would come up to us and try to tell us something. Sometimes she would get sick afterwards or urinate. She would be very tired afterwards also.
Sometimes she would go anywhere from six months to a couple of days between seizures. We had her to the vet everytime after a seizure. It's good to keep track of when they have seizures, how long they lasted, etc. as this will help diagnose. Don't get me wrong, our vet is very good, but even this had him stumped.
We had noticed she started looking "old". Very mopey, not wanting to play. It was Easter morning, seven years ago, when we knew something was really wrong. She stopped eating and we tried everything to make her feel better and get her to eat. It was early May when we lost her. She woke me up @ 3am trying to tell me something. I thought she wanted to go outside and let her out the back door. She stumbled down the steps into a seizure and collapsed in the back yard. I carried her into the house and my husband and I took her to an 24 hour vet. They kept her there for a few hours and in the morning, we picked her up and took her to our vet. While she was @ the 24 hour vet, she had X-rays, which we took back to our vet. She also had bloody diarrhea while she was there.
When we took her to our vet, they kept her for a few days. During her stay there, she had more bloody diarrhea. The vet gave her a blood transfusion and tried everything (sorry, I don't recall all of the details, I can pull the vet receipt if you want more info). After she died, the vet did an autopsy. Come to find out, she had cancer that started in her pancreas that had spread to her internal organs. The pancreas controls insulin output. The cancer caused her blood sugar levels to fluctuate so dramatically that it caused the seizures.
Sorry for the long post, if anyone can learn from this experience, it will be worth reading. Keep an eye on your pup, if she has another seizure, see if the vet can check for cancer and possible treatments.
By the way, the dog we got after this one was our first Boxer, Princess. We found out Princess was born that same Easter morning that we noticed something really wrong with Sushi. Ironic!
Sorry to hear about the problems your pup has been having. Sounds like she is doing better now. Hope things continue to go well. I want to share with you our experience with canine seizures. It's a long post, but maybe someone will benefit by the experience we gained.
About seven years ago, we had a mixed breed (Sharpei & Basset Hound) named Sushi that started to have seizures about two years before her passing. At first, we thought maybe she had gotten into some rose dust (a powder you put on rose plants to keep bugs off). We had our vet check her out, but couldn't find anything. The time span from the time the dog has the seizure and the time you see a vet is critical. About six months later she had another seizure. She knew when she was going to have one, because she would come up to us and try to tell us something. Sometimes she would get sick afterwards or urinate. She would be very tired afterwards also.
Sometimes she would go anywhere from six months to a couple of days between seizures. We had her to the vet everytime after a seizure. It's good to keep track of when they have seizures, how long they lasted, etc. as this will help diagnose. Don't get me wrong, our vet is very good, but even this had him stumped.
We had noticed she started looking "old". Very mopey, not wanting to play. It was Easter morning, seven years ago, when we knew something was really wrong. She stopped eating and we tried everything to make her feel better and get her to eat. It was early May when we lost her. She woke me up @ 3am trying to tell me something. I thought she wanted to go outside and let her out the back door. She stumbled down the steps into a seizure and collapsed in the back yard. I carried her into the house and my husband and I took her to an 24 hour vet. They kept her there for a few hours and in the morning, we picked her up and took her to our vet. While she was @ the 24 hour vet, she had X-rays, which we took back to our vet. She also had bloody diarrhea while she was there.
When we took her to our vet, they kept her for a few days. During her stay there, she had more bloody diarrhea. The vet gave her a blood transfusion and tried everything (sorry, I don't recall all of the details, I can pull the vet receipt if you want more info). After she died, the vet did an autopsy. Come to find out, she had cancer that started in her pancreas that had spread to her internal organs. The pancreas controls insulin output. The cancer caused her blood sugar levels to fluctuate so dramatically that it caused the seizures.
Sorry for the long post, if anyone can learn from this experience, it will be worth reading. Keep an eye on your pup, if she has another seizure, see if the vet can check for cancer and possible treatments.
By the way, the dog we got after this one was our first Boxer, Princess. We found out Princess was born that same Easter morning that we noticed something really wrong with Sushi. Ironic!