On 4/14 at 2 am, my sweet Teddy had cluster seizures, 4-5 in a short duration, and I tried to give pet rescue on first seizure but he continued to seize lying down, paddling, salivating, then ran in corner crying, then laid down and had another seizure. On the way to the veterinary specialists and emergency he began to have another seizure. He was given mannitol because he was unresponsive and stayed that way for almost 6 hrs after seizures.
At 8:30 that morning a Cornell neurologist, Dr. Dewey, who happened to be there for his scheduled day saw him, noting he was demented and flailing, cranial nerves: abscent menace bilaterally, appears to be blind.. Nociception> very reactive but appears to resist head/neck palpating. Neuroanatomic localization: forebrain(seizures and dementia)
The neurologist recommended an mri and cerebral spinal fluid tap but warned that due to his u responsiveness he may die on the table so that sad no, I think I regret that decision now, because the next four days they tested him for EVERYTHING. All blood work, normal, fasting post bile test, normal, toxoplasmosis, normal(however he was started on Iv Clindamycin and continued that antibiotic on po meds until Friday when the test came back negative. Urine C&s normal, ( the internal medicine vet wanted to add bacitrel but I said no not until tests come back she was thinking sepsis or liver issues]. Also insulin resistant test normal, he developed hypoglycemia after being in there for 2 days, and so now at home I have to feed him every 4 hrs. Bottom line, he is on phenobarbital 0.25 go a day which is making him sleepy, and he walks gingerly, sometimes will interact with his brother but for the most part sleeps. His sight has fully returned. I have been giving him belladonna very day and he is now on DMG from DaVINCHI labs a liquid. He just recently has started to play but only for a minute or two and loses interest. Staff tell me his symptoms will get better once blood level is normalized but I want to take him off as soon as possible.
He has a good appetite and I am working with his homeopathic vet. I am discouraged because I worked so hard to get him to an almost raw state but because he needs to eat every 4 hrs I ordered some cornucopia organic canned food. Timmy is also on this schedule but I worry because I know frequent feedings are not good for cats???
If anyone has had a similar experience and weaned off your cat from phenobarbital or maybe they are still on it, how will this effect the rest of his life. He goes back to see neurologist on 5/14 and I was told that if I do decide to do an mri after the fact it may not show anything anymore unless he has a huge tumor. So his dx is idiopathic epilepsy and hypoglycemia of unknown origin.
Next week I am taking him to the vet for a spot check glucose to see if I can try feeding 3 x a day instead of 5 or 6.?
At 8:30 that morning a Cornell neurologist, Dr. Dewey, who happened to be there for his scheduled day saw him, noting he was demented and flailing, cranial nerves: abscent menace bilaterally, appears to be blind.. Nociception> very reactive but appears to resist head/neck palpating. Neuroanatomic localization: forebrain(seizures and dementia)
The neurologist recommended an mri and cerebral spinal fluid tap but warned that due to his u responsiveness he may die on the table so that sad no, I think I regret that decision now, because the next four days they tested him for EVERYTHING. All blood work, normal, fasting post bile test, normal, toxoplasmosis, normal(however he was started on Iv Clindamycin and continued that antibiotic on po meds until Friday when the test came back negative. Urine C&s normal, ( the internal medicine vet wanted to add bacitrel but I said no not until tests come back she was thinking sepsis or liver issues]. Also insulin resistant test normal, he developed hypoglycemia after being in there for 2 days, and so now at home I have to feed him every 4 hrs. Bottom line, he is on phenobarbital 0.25 go a day which is making him sleepy, and he walks gingerly, sometimes will interact with his brother but for the most part sleeps. His sight has fully returned. I have been giving him belladonna very day and he is now on DMG from DaVINCHI labs a liquid. He just recently has started to play but only for a minute or two and loses interest. Staff tell me his symptoms will get better once blood level is normalized but I want to take him off as soon as possible.
He has a good appetite and I am working with his homeopathic vet. I am discouraged because I worked so hard to get him to an almost raw state but because he needs to eat every 4 hrs I ordered some cornucopia organic canned food. Timmy is also on this schedule but I worry because I know frequent feedings are not good for cats???
If anyone has had a similar experience and weaned off your cat from phenobarbital or maybe they are still on it, how will this effect the rest of his life. He goes back to see neurologist on 5/14 and I was told that if I do decide to do an mri after the fact it may not show anything anymore unless he has a huge tumor. So his dx is idiopathic epilepsy and hypoglycemia of unknown origin.
Next week I am taking him to the vet for a spot check glucose to see if I can try feeding 3 x a day instead of 5 or 6.?
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