Stumbling and pale gums!

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haleyandmark

Boxer Insane
Hey there! Gosh, I haven't been on here in forever.

A little back story - our 11 year old boxer furbaby, Asia, has been having seizures since she was very young, maybe a year or two old. They used to happen once a year and gradually progressed to probably twice a year. This year, she had three in a matter of two months. The seizures are always the same - she is playing, falls to her side, kicks, urinates and magically gets up like everything is fine. The whole thing lasts probably 30 seconds. She is confused for a few minutes and her gums are always pale, but within 5 minutes, she is her normal self again. That was not the case tonight.

She hopped off the couch and began stumbling. I thought she was going to have a seizure so I yelled for my husband. She just kind of stumbled around the living room panting and drooling. She never fell but looked like she was going to. I had her sit down and pet her and loved on her but her eyes looked like they were somewhere else and her gums were white. About 3 minutes later, the drool stopped and she looked at me like she was fine, got up and wanted to go outside. It was very much like her seizures, just without actually falling over.

I plan to call our vet first thing tomorrow morning. Just wondering if anyone has had any experience like this before? I know she is 11 years old but we have had her since she was 7 weeks. She is our first baby and our three year old sons best friend and I'm just terrified of what to expect.
 

Bathel

Super Boxer
Has she every had a Holter test to check her heart for Arrhythmias? Could also be a stroke at that age or even old dog vestibular disease...
 
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Cami

Boxer Insane
Your description doesn't sound like a seizure but a heart issue. My girl Cami did the exact same thing except she did fall down on her side. She also had a seizure once (related to an undiagnosed thyroid issue) but her "collapse" from her heart was different than the seizure when she was actually seizing.
Unfortunately your traditional vet might not be able to find any problems (happens way too often). Listening to the heart of a patient with an arrhythmia, if you are lucky, *might* garnish a murmur which your vet will say needs to be diagnosed but more often than not they say "all sounds good".
I'd nix the regular vet (save some money) and head straight to a cardiologist (dogs don't need referrals). Even if your vet doesn't find anything you will still want answers and you need a specialist for that.
Seems pretty classic....could be possible the seizures are related to the thyroid and thyroid and ARVC go hand in hand (a lot of the time).
I hope you get some answers very soon!
 

Dieselsmom

Boxer Booster
I was just about to start a new thread. I'm dealing with this right now. Originally thought it was a siezure.

Diesel had 2 similar events to this on the 4th of July, 1st one he collapsed, urinated, white gums, eyes were open but no one was home. It took him about 45s to come out of it.

2nd one was about 8 hours later. He stumbled and fell, but jumped right up looking confused. Again, pale gums, panting. He was kind of out of it the rest of the weekend. Our vet did a quick ekg at the office. She then recommended a cardiologist.

Cardiologist did an EKG and ultrasound yesterday, saw 2 irregularities in about 10 min span. We just started a 7 day holter test (MSU is doing a study right now) usual test is 24 hours.

I would recommend getting in and seeing a cardiologist.
 
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