Jackie Keeps Having Fits

[Taz_Zoee]

Zoee has had about 4 or 5 seizures in her 3 years. They've been far apart so medication is not necessary at this time. But I totally understand how draining and upsetting it is to go through it, not only for you but the dog as well. I have a small supply of Valium for Zoee just incase she has another. I have not been able to find a trigger for Zoee's seizures, especially since they are so seldom.
I am hoping that Jackie's fits stop and you have a long rest time.

[jackie]

I am taking admitting Jackie into the vets for overnight care. I can't handle it anymore. She had another fit, then broke through the barricade and fell down the steps.

[3muttsandaboston]

Have they done tests to see if there is anything wrong besides epilepsy that suddenly brought this on? I'm so sorry for what your going through.

[Daisy and Delilah]

How frightening for you and Jackie, Jackie. Thoughts and prayers are coming your way. Feel better, sweetheart

[Ginger's Mom]

I am so sorry, Jackie. Jackie is lucky to have landed in a foster home that is so attentive and taking such good care of her special needs. Prayers going out that things will calm down.

[lizbud]

I am so sorry to hear this. Another person with personal experience
is 4 dog mother . Her dog Snoopy had seizures. I hope the Vets can help
Jackie.


http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...ghlight=snoopy

[4 Dog Mother]

I see Luminol is Phenabarbital. Snoopy took Phenabarbitol for 4 of his 6 years of life. It did end up damaging his liver but it also gave him and us time I don't think we would have had without. Snoopy had other health problems too so it wasn't just the liver damage that caused us to have to choose to put him down.

That being said, I am surprised your vet has not increased the dosage of luminol you give Jackie or added something else like potassium bromide. Snoopy did well on the meds - usually going 4-6 months without a seizure but then he would have a couple in a couple of weeks time and not have any again for awhile. Continuing to have seizres like Jackie is doing can cause kindling which is where the brain begins to think that is the natural way to react to whatever is bringing the seizures on. And they will become more frequent.

My vet said that you can run all kind of expensive tests to see if you can find the trigger to the seizures. But most of the time they don't find anything. Having a dog with seizures especially with the cluster seizures which it seems Jackie is having is very difficult to handle emotionally for us humans. Snoopy had grand mal which means he lost control of his body's functions which meant there was a mess to clean up each time he came out of it. Trying to clean up after and then deal with a confused lost, somewhat temporary blind dog can be very tough. A couple of times he got his jaw clamped on the side of his kennel and once on the fence outside - that was very disturbing because there was no way to "unclamp" it and you had to try to hold him still enough to not do damage.

I will keep you and Jackie in my thoughts and prayers.