Leslie & Alley
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She still has not been on insulin since Dec.
Well first of all..Alley is walking again as of 5 weeks ago!! It took about 4 weeks and she is now on Epogen.
She has CRF and was very anemic. We started her on Epogen about a month ago and her numbers are now at 29%. I have also been giving her b12 on her food incase it was nerve damage. About a 1 1/2 weeks ago we found that she had a tape worm and she was givin an injection for that.
Today my my boyfriend woke me up and said that she was acting funny and thought maybe she was having a heart attack. I went out to find her and she was ok, but then she went into a seizure. She completely seized up and was rolling over on the ground and her front leg was making a swating motion. I tried to grap her so she wouldn't hurt her back. It was really bad!! I have never seen her have a seizure but I wonder if she might have had one before her legs gave out a few months ago.
Soon after that one she had another but not as bad. I wasn't completely sure what was going on but now I know they were seizures. She seemed fine for about 10-15 mins and then had a couple more small ones. In the meantime I am trying to get dressed and call the vet to see if he was in today. She kept having them about 6 I think. We got her in the car and drove to the ER Vet(now, her regular vet) but he was at another office and that took about 25-30 mins. I had her wrapped in a blanket and held her tight. I felt her tense up once but only for a second.
After getting to the vet they did bloodwork to check her kidney levels and they had gone up since last Weds...about 30 points. I have been taking her every Weds to the vet to see how her levels are on the Epogen. But last Weds her kidney levels were up higher than they have been, but since I was gone for a few days before her visit..we thought that maybe she hadn't gotten all her fluids, since my boyfriend was giving her meds while I was gone. So, the vet wanted to wait and she how she did next week and she was walking, eating and doing well.
She is in the ER on iv fluids and they started her on anti-seizure med. She had 1 small seizure shortly after I left but has not had another as of now. I left her there around noon today.
Does anyone know what this could be from? I read on here that it can be high blood pressure or also calcium inbalance. We already know she has the other problems. I have asked them to check both of these things, but they have not done it yet and said that they need to treat her kidney values 1st w/the iv fluid.
I am just looking for any helpful info!! What could be causing this etc.
Well first of all..Alley is walking again as of 5 weeks ago!! It took about 4 weeks and she is now on Epogen.
She has CRF and was very anemic. We started her on Epogen about a month ago and her numbers are now at 29%. I have also been giving her b12 on her food incase it was nerve damage. About a 1 1/2 weeks ago we found that she had a tape worm and she was givin an injection for that.
Today my my boyfriend woke me up and said that she was acting funny and thought maybe she was having a heart attack. I went out to find her and she was ok, but then she went into a seizure. She completely seized up and was rolling over on the ground and her front leg was making a swating motion. I tried to grap her so she wouldn't hurt her back. It was really bad!! I have never seen her have a seizure but I wonder if she might have had one before her legs gave out a few months ago.
Soon after that one she had another but not as bad. I wasn't completely sure what was going on but now I know they were seizures. She seemed fine for about 10-15 mins and then had a couple more small ones. In the meantime I am trying to get dressed and call the vet to see if he was in today. She kept having them about 6 I think. We got her in the car and drove to the ER Vet(now, her regular vet) but he was at another office and that took about 25-30 mins. I had her wrapped in a blanket and held her tight. I felt her tense up once but only for a second.
After getting to the vet they did bloodwork to check her kidney levels and they had gone up since last Weds...about 30 points. I have been taking her every Weds to the vet to see how her levels are on the Epogen. But last Weds her kidney levels were up higher than they have been, but since I was gone for a few days before her visit..we thought that maybe she hadn't gotten all her fluids, since my boyfriend was giving her meds while I was gone. So, the vet wanted to wait and she how she did next week and she was walking, eating and doing well.
She is in the ER on iv fluids and they started her on anti-seizure med. She had 1 small seizure shortly after I left but has not had another as of now. I left her there around noon today.
Does anyone know what this could be from? I read on here that it can be high blood pressure or also calcium inbalance. We already know she has the other problems. I have asked them to check both of these things, but they have not done it yet and said that they need to treat her kidney values 1st w/the iv fluid.
I am just looking for any helpful info!! What could be causing this etc.