Our Sophie just had a bad seizure about an hour ago. I was on the computer and she was in the hall bathroom when I heard the thrashing as she hit the vanity doors and I rushed to her. She was stiff , her head jerking, mouth working,. All I could do was sit and make sure she did not bang her head on the wood vanity. I guess this went on a couple of minutes, tho it seemed like much longer. Once her head stopped jerking and her eyes came back to normal she seemed to be gasping for air so we put a large floor fan to blow directly onto her. She was totally aware we were thereband I rubbed her head and talked to her to try to calm her. I she was so scared.She calmed down and went into a natural pant.
I called my vet';s and talked to the tech who had helped with the tests, etc done Thursday. My vet is only there half a day Saturday. I described what had happened and she told me to wiat a little while and if Sophie had another one or failed to get up, call back and she would call my vet.. Sophie has bad hips and knees and the bathroom floor is tile. She struggled but could not keep her feet under her. We got her to her feet and into the hall where there is carpet and she was fine. Went right to the back door and outside. It appeared she had peed a little on her self, so we bathed her legs and tail. Then, perfectly normal she went to counter in kitchen were I keep their treat jar.
Sophie is 12 1/2 and we adopted her Feb. 17, 2015, 5 weeks after her 11th birthday. We came home from the store one day in Aug to find her blocking the front door--she would lay there waiting for us to return. She didn't respond and I thought she had died. I managed to get the door open enough to get in. She had pooped and peed all over herself. Her back legs would not work at all and she didn't have much use of front. I knew seizure or stroke. It took a while for us to get her up and out and cleaned up and by then she was normal. Vet said it was seizure. Then none that we know of except perhaps a minor one a couple of months ago. She was napping under the cedar tree and when I went out to call her to come eat, she had trouble getting up and had to be helped up. She fell a couple fo times walking to the door, but then was fine. As long as they are spaced like this she most likely will not have to be on any meds. But it is so horrifying watching her like she was today and not really be able to do anything. I know she did not know I was there preventing her from banging her head. She knows nothing then. But when it stopped and she acted o scared, she knew I was there talking to to her and rubbing her and her gasping to ease up and her breathing went normal. Tho I don't think this was as bad as the one she suffered a year ago. But it was bad enough. Good thoughts please,r old girl. By the way, she is happily eating her supper at this moment.
I called my vet';s and talked to the tech who had helped with the tests, etc done Thursday. My vet is only there half a day Saturday. I described what had happened and she told me to wiat a little while and if Sophie had another one or failed to get up, call back and she would call my vet.. Sophie has bad hips and knees and the bathroom floor is tile. She struggled but could not keep her feet under her. We got her to her feet and into the hall where there is carpet and she was fine. Went right to the back door and outside. It appeared she had peed a little on her self, so we bathed her legs and tail. Then, perfectly normal she went to counter in kitchen were I keep their treat jar.
Sophie is 12 1/2 and we adopted her Feb. 17, 2015, 5 weeks after her 11th birthday. We came home from the store one day in Aug to find her blocking the front door--she would lay there waiting for us to return. She didn't respond and I thought she had died. I managed to get the door open enough to get in. She had pooped and peed all over herself. Her back legs would not work at all and she didn't have much use of front. I knew seizure or stroke. It took a while for us to get her up and out and cleaned up and by then she was normal. Vet said it was seizure. Then none that we know of except perhaps a minor one a couple of months ago. She was napping under the cedar tree and when I went out to call her to come eat, she had trouble getting up and had to be helped up. She fell a couple fo times walking to the door, but then was fine. As long as they are spaced like this she most likely will not have to be on any meds. But it is so horrifying watching her like she was today and not really be able to do anything. I know she did not know I was there preventing her from banging her head. She knows nothing then. But when it stopped and she acted o scared, she knew I was there talking to to her and rubbing her and her gasping to ease up and her breathing went normal. Tho I don't think this was as bad as the one she suffered a year ago. But it was bad enough. Good thoughts please,r old girl. By the way, she is happily eating her supper at this moment.