agentbunny
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I am a bit frightened right now as I just got back from the vet after being told that Lola might be epileptic. On April 1st she started freaking out in the evening, like there were flies buzzing around her head and she was snapping at them, like trying to catch them. She seemed really frightened and would run and hide. Then it would start again. I video taped some of it luckily. The next morning she did it again and I called in sick and took her to the emergency vet at 6am. They checked everything on her (eyes, ears, heart, etc) and after looking at the film, told me that she was having "fly biting" and "stargazing" episodes which are common in dogs having a petit seizure. They referred me to a neurologist.
She had another of these episodes 5 days later. I filmed that one as well.
Today I took Lola to Davis University Veterinary Hospital and saw the neurologist. They told me, based on the videos, that it looked like a "classic fly biting" seizure and took blood. She is also getting a bile acid test to rule out liver shunts.
She is going back to Davis for an EEG on Thursday. They will sedate her and glue electrodes to her head and monitor her brain for 2 hours. They said even if the scan comes out normal, it still does not rule epilepsy out as it just mean she was not experiencing abnormal brain activity at the time of the seizure. We would know for sure with an MRI but that costs $3000.
I'm terrified that she could be epileptic. She is only 10 months old and the vet said that in a dog this young, there are few other things it could be. Anyone have any experience with this?
She had another of these episodes 5 days later. I filmed that one as well.
Today I took Lola to Davis University Veterinary Hospital and saw the neurologist. They told me, based on the videos, that it looked like a "classic fly biting" seizure and took blood. She is also getting a bile acid test to rule out liver shunts.
She is going back to Davis for an EEG on Thursday. They will sedate her and glue electrodes to her head and monitor her brain for 2 hours. They said even if the scan comes out normal, it still does not rule epilepsy out as it just mean she was not experiencing abnormal brain activity at the time of the seizure. We would know for sure with an MRI but that costs $3000.
I'm terrified that she could be epileptic. She is only 10 months old and the vet said that in a dog this young, there are few other things it could be. Anyone have any experience with this?