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My 12 year old cat, Peach, had what appeared to be a seizure last night and
again this morning. The only other time I've seen her have one was following an illness, which could not be diagnosed by the vet. They are about 5 minutes in duration. Symptoms are disorientation, severly contracted muscles, glazed-over eyes, inability to stand. Afterwards, she's continues to be disoriented for 5 to 10 minutes, but then returns to normal activities. She is now at the vet, with again, no answers. I was wondering if anyone else has had this experience with their cat, and also does anyone know the differences in symptoms between a seizure and a stroke? Any advise would help, because I can't seem to get it from any vets. |
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on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:37:41 GMT, "donnapl7" u33400@uwe wrote:
My 12 year old cat, Peach, had what appeared to be a seizure last night and again this morning. The only other time I've seen her have one was following an illness, which could not be diagnosed by the vet. They are about 5 minutes in duration. Symptoms are disorientation, severly contracted muscles, glazed-over eyes, inability to stand. Afterwards, she's continues to be disoriented for 5 to 10 minutes, but then returns to normal activities. She is now at the vet, with again, no answers. I was wondering if anyone else has had this experience with their cat, and also does anyone know the differences in symptoms between a seizure and a stroke? Any advise would help, because I can't seem to get it from any vets. I can't help you except to say that perhaps you should consider finding a better vet. If you have an urgent care vet facility in your area, they often have a very high caliber of emergency and specialty vets. I wish you luck getting to the bottom of this. I hope Peach will be okay. -- Lynne |
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if your vet can't figure it out new vet on specializing in epilepsy my
rumble is epileptic his blood work was normal than he became diabetic. If he has another seizure you need to pay very close attention here to these 8 rules. This is from personal experience 1 don't panic most seizures last on 30 seconds even thought it seems like forever 2 DON'T PICK UP THE FURBALL unless he or she is in danger of striking a object or falling off an object. They can inverntely hurt you and themselves 3 observe how the body is reacting such as back legs constricting a strange twitch. Observe how they react afterwards 4 talk soothingly to them you can stroke them it helps them come out of it quicker. 5 REMEMBER DON'T PANIC. 6 write everything done this is an emotional time and you will forget things 7 search your home to make sure the furball did not get in any chemicals or household plants. 8 take a deep breath again and clam down some cats have a seizure and never have a seizure again in their life. It is not the end of the world even though it seems like it to us. Trust me I went thru what you are feeling right now. Helpless ness the feeling of like you were rode hard put up wet and than b@tch slapped. Long story made short. I snatched up Rumble and made it to the vets office which is 20 minutes away in less than 5 minutes with two police officers hot on my tail. In tears the whole time thinking I was going to lose this furball. The vet asked me all the above question which I could not answer luckily the officers where animal lovers and saw Rumble have another seizure right in front of the vet who was able to diagnose what type of seizures they were. To this date 5 years later cause unknown went to all the specialist spent almost $10,000 ( no joke) to find out why. Luckily it has been a year since he get off the medication and no seizures. YEAH HAPPY DANCE "donnapl7" u33400@uwe wrote in message news:70ce14a0b556a@uwe... My 12 year old cat, Peach, had what appeared to be a seizure last night and again this morning. The only other time I've seen her have one was following an illness, which could not be diagnosed by the vet. They are about 5 minutes in duration. Symptoms are disorientation, severly contracted muscles, glazed-over eyes, inability to stand. Afterwards, she's continues to be disoriented for 5 to 10 minutes, but then returns to normal activities. She is now at the vet, with again, no answers. I was wondering if anyone else has had this experience with their cat, and also does anyone know the differences in symptoms between a seizure and a stroke? Any advise would help, because I can't seem to get it from any vets. |
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Thank you for the kind words Matthew. I'm able to handle the seizures pretty
well during them. You're right, it is so emotional to watch. Peach is now on 3 meds - antibiodic, meds for low blood platelettes, and something for parasites. We're not sure if she is having mini strokes for epileptic seizures. I'm giving it a few more days on meds before I put her through further/scary testing. She has had less severe and fewer seizures lately. I am also hand feeding/hydrating. Her favorite is yogurt ;-) She is extremely lethargic, but, she is sick so I'm trying to remain optimistic. She's such a sweety, she even purrs during the seizures when she sees me. I'm so glad that you had a happy ending with your cat. Thank you for responding and helping me not feel so alone in this experience. Matthew wrote: if your vet can't figure it out new vet on specializing in epilepsy my rumble is epileptic his blood work was normal than he became diabetic. If he has another seizure you need to pay very close attention here to these 8 rules. This is from personal experience 1 don't panic most seizures last on 30 seconds even thought it seems like forever 2 DON'T PICK UP THE FURBALL unless he or she is in danger of striking a object or falling off an object. They can inverntely hurt you and themselves 3 observe how the body is reacting such as back legs constricting a strange twitch. Observe how they react afterwards 4 talk soothingly to them you can stroke them it helps them come out of it quicker. 5 REMEMBER DON'T PANIC. 6 write everything done this is an emotional time and you will forget things 7 search your home to make sure the furball did not get in any chemicals or household plants. 8 take a deep breath again and clam down some cats have a seizure and never have a seizure again in their life. It is not the end of the world even though it seems like it to us. Trust me I went thru what you are feeling right now. Helpless ness the feeling of like you were rode hard put up wet and than b@tch slapped. Long story made short. I snatched up Rumble and made it to the vets office which is 20 minutes away in less than 5 minutes with two police officers hot on my tail. In tears the whole time thinking I was going to lose this furball. The vet asked me all the above question which I could not answer luckily the officers where animal lovers and saw Rumble have another seizure right in front of the vet who was able to diagnose what type of seizures they were. To this date 5 years later cause unknown went to all the specialist spent almost $10,000 ( no joke) to find out why. Luckily it has been a year since he get off the medication and no seizures. YEAH HAPPY DANCE My 12 year old cat, Peach, had what appeared to be a seizure last night and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] differences in symptoms between a seizure and a stroke? Any advise would help, because I can't seem to get it from any vets. -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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I always here to help :-)
"donnapl7 via CatKB.com" u33400@uwe wrote in message news:70f28b983b6a0@uwe... Thank you for the kind words Matthew. I'm able to handle the seizures pretty well during them. You're right, it is so emotional to watch. Peach is now on 3 meds - antibiodic, meds for low blood platelettes, and something for parasites. We're not sure if she is having mini strokes for epileptic seizures. I'm giving it a few more days on meds before I put her through further/scary testing. She has had less severe and fewer seizures lately. I am also hand feeding/hydrating. Her favorite is yogurt ;-) She is extremely lethargic, but, she is sick so I'm trying to remain optimistic. She's such a sweety, she even purrs during the seizures when she sees me. I'm so glad that you had a happy ending with your cat. Thank you for responding and helping me not feel so alone in this experience. Matthew wrote: if your vet can't figure it out new vet on specializing in epilepsy my rumble is epileptic his blood work was normal than he became diabetic. If he has another seizure you need to pay very close attention here to these 8 rules. This is from personal experience 1 don't panic most seizures last on 30 seconds even thought it seems like forever 2 DON'T PICK UP THE FURBALL unless he or she is in danger of striking a object or falling off an object. They can inverntely hurt you and themselves 3 observe how the body is reacting such as back legs constricting a strange twitch. Observe how they react afterwards 4 talk soothingly to them you can stroke them it helps them come out of it quicker. 5 REMEMBER DON'T PANIC. 6 write everything done this is an emotional time and you will forget things 7 search your home to make sure the furball did not get in any chemicals or household plants. 8 take a deep breath again and clam down some cats have a seizure and never have a seizure again in their life. It is not the end of the world even though it seems like it to us. Trust me I went thru what you are feeling right now. Helpless ness the feeling of like you were rode hard put up wet and than b@tch slapped. Long story made short. I snatched up Rumble and made it to the vets office which is 20 minutes away in less than 5 minutes with two police officers hot on my tail. In tears the whole time thinking I was going to lose this furball. The vet asked me all the above question which I could not answer luckily the officers where animal lovers and saw Rumble have another seizure right in front of the vet who was able to diagnose what type of seizures they were. To this date 5 years later cause unknown went to all the specialist spent almost $10,000 ( no joke) to find out why. Luckily it has been a year since he get off the medication and no seizures. YEAH HAPPY DANCE My 12 year old cat, Peach, had what appeared to be a seizure last night and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] differences in symptoms between a seizure and a stroke? Any advise would help, because I can't seem to get it from any vets. -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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