spotty_pony2
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On Wednesday evening, my Dalmatian suffered four severe cluster seizures, with each one getting progressively worse. The first one was very mild but two hours later he had another so I took him to the Vets. Bloods were all normal, they sent me home with some Diazepam and said ring back if he has another one. I had been home about ten minutes and he had another one - worse this time. I managed to administer the diazepam in time and once he had calmed down we went straight back to the Vets. I had also managed to capture part of this one on video as per vets request so she could confirm it was a seizure - she said it definitely was and quite an aggressive one. 
She said she would give him some anti convulsion medication and monitor him for a while there and then would send us home again - it was so scary and I was home alone as everybody else was on holiday. She said we could wait a while to make sure the medication was working. Four hours later I nipped out to my car to clear a bigger space for him to lay down - I was only gone about 5 mins. I went back expecting to see him very drowsy but unfortunately he was having another seizure - the worst one yet but luckily we were at the vets this time. I managed to hold him so the Vet could give him some strong medication via IV. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
We ended up staying another three hours and once he was very calm and sleepy I took him home with more tablets for him to take. I watched him constantly the following day and he was very wobbly and disorientated particularly after each dose of meds but with each dose the side effects were getting less and less.
Three days later he is almost back to normal except for sleeping a lot and there has been no more seizures thank goodness. Other members of the household are now home too which makes things a bit easier. He is on the tablets still though so there is a chance they are stopping further seizures. I've never experienced anything quite so scary if I'm honest.
Been replaying everything but he hadn't eaten anything different and Vet doesn't think it's a toxin because she said he would still have seizures whilst on the meds if it was - and they seem to have stopped for now.
Just wanting to hear of anyone who's had experience with ideopathic epilepsy in dogs. What was the cause and did you manage to manage it long term? He is hopefully having more tests and possibly an mri this week.
She said she would give him some anti convulsion medication and monitor him for a while there and then would send us home again - it was so scary and I was home alone as everybody else was on holiday. She said we could wait a while to make sure the medication was working. Four hours later I nipped out to my car to clear a bigger space for him to lay down - I was only gone about 5 mins. I went back expecting to see him very drowsy but unfortunately he was having another seizure - the worst one yet but luckily we were at the vets this time. I managed to hold him so the Vet could give him some strong medication via IV. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
We ended up staying another three hours and once he was very calm and sleepy I took him home with more tablets for him to take. I watched him constantly the following day and he was very wobbly and disorientated particularly after each dose of meds but with each dose the side effects were getting less and less.
Three days later he is almost back to normal except for sleeping a lot and there has been no more seizures thank goodness. Other members of the household are now home too which makes things a bit easier. He is on the tablets still though so there is a chance they are stopping further seizures. I've never experienced anything quite so scary if I'm honest.
Been replaying everything but he hadn't eaten anything different and Vet doesn't think it's a toxin because she said he would still have seizures whilst on the meds if it was - and they seem to have stopped for now.
Just wanting to hear of anyone who's had experience with ideopathic epilepsy in dogs. What was the cause and did you manage to manage it long term? He is hopefully having more tests and possibly an mri this week.
but again that’s nothing that hasn’t happened before. Carrots are naturally grown with no fertiliser used either. He does have a sensitive tummy and cannot tolerate beef etc so his treats mainly consist of fresh chicken (usually frozen in kongs to keep him occupied) and the odd dog treat. I had given them a couple of dog small chew type treats this week that I had bought but nothing he hadn’t had before. I was paranoid he had stolen something like my medication from the house or something - of course he hadn’t and they weren’t even in his reach - but when in the Vets all I wanted to do was go and double check. Whatever the outcome, I will appreciate every day and the time I get with him even more.
