Duncan woke me up first thing this morning (0730) by having a 5 minute (!!) long Grand Mal seizure ~ I was absolutely terrified for him! Off to the ER vet we flew...
All his labs (glucose & lytes)were WNL, so it was nothing metabolic causing it...
The ER vet recommended an MRI, esp. given his recent nosebleeds, thinking about a possible brain tumor. SHIT!!!
They sent us home with an emergency dose of rectal Valium, which we had to use when he had a second seizure around 1130. Thank heavens the Vit V works quickly ~ this one only lasted about 90 seconds. Jim went back to the vet to pick up oral Valium ~ and now we have one very stoned little pupper!
So, we have a lot of decisions to make... I'm going to talk with our reg. vet (Sandy) first thing Monday AM...
Do we make the 3 hour drive to the east side of the state for the MRI? Can they even do a MRI with his pancreatic problems? If it DOES show a tumor, is he a candidate for OR or chemo?? (esp. given his pancreatitis) If the results are inconclusive, what do we do next?
You all know, this little guy IS MY LIFE. This is tearing my heart apart. Off to cry now...
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