cshenk wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:


Just to let all know, Iowna fell ill Friday with Vestibular Disease.
It's also called 'old dog syndrome'. Head tilts, moves in fast tight
circles, falls down a lot. Nausea (caused by the tight circles
sometimes). Vertigo. Ear infection ruled out as one of the causes.
This is very fast to show, like 15-30 minutes before she was fine.

She spent Friday on an IV. Most dogs have the simple sort and
recover. Some are not so lucky as causation can also be brain tumor
or a central nervous system infection. Her's is apt to be the somple
sort but she is 3 weeks from turning 15 and that is very old in dogs
years. She is close to 25 for a cat for comparison. We have to wait
and see.

Thank you all. She is still not well but looking better.

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