Quote Originally Posted by Medusa
I'm not new to PT; I post a lot on Cat Talk but I have a serious issue that I'm hoping PTers can help me w/here. A friend of mine has a 6 yr. old female yellow lab, Bailey, who had a grand mal seizure on Sat. And she had them every 8 hrs. His vet was out of town and the office was closed and every vet we tried was either closed or booked solid. He finally got her in at an emergency clinic and they gave her phenobarbitol until his vet could see her. He's currently awaiting results from blood tests. He just called me again and I could hear Bailey crying in the background and she follows him around constantly, always underfoot. He was able to get ahold of his vet this time and he's on his way in now because Bailey had a nose bleed. I've never heard of such a thing! I've had dogs and cats all my life and never has that happened to any of them. Has anyone experienced this, especially w/this breed of dog? He's stressed to the max because he lost two labs already, both in the month of March and he's scared to death the worst is going to happen again. He takes excellent care of his dogs, coddles them even. Can anyone offer insight into this situation? Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
A lab is usually very stoic. If the dog is crying then most likely it's experiencing pain.

Seizures could be caused by anything from Leptospirosis, to Hypoglycemia. The nose bleeds alone without the seizures could be infection or nasal sarcoma, or cross linked to another problem. There's also the chance the dog merely injured its nose during a seizure, which would be the best case scenario.

The previous blood work may or may not pick up some abnormalities (e.g. elevated WBCs, or depleted platlets). Additional tests such as a cranial Xray and/or ultrasound of the body cavity should be suggested by the Vet to determine the root cause.