Hi Elizabeth, So sorry to hear Mama Kitty had a seizure. I haven't had time to write anyone much lately, but I have tried to keep up with reading the list and have followed what you've been going through with her. It is weird, we had lots of beautiful sunshine this afternoon and I was thinking of you two and hoping that Mama Kitty was feeling good and strolling around your yard enjoying it. I could just picture her doing it. I will be hoping things go smoothly for you tomorrow. I picked up a cat that had epilepsy once. I was leaving a painting job late one snowy night two years ago. I was following the two black, rutted tire tracks down the middle of a snowy road. I thought I saw movement, started to brake, then thought I'd imagined it but continued slowly. A little dark brown tabby cat became visible walking slow and strange in the tire track. I stopped, waited for it to move, but it stopped and looked at me with absolute confusion on its face. I parked, it came back and tried to go under the car, I picked it up (wet on one side, smelled of urine) put it on my front seat and it sat there without moving the whole 45 minutes to my house. At the house, it just sat in a ball upstairs with its eyes shut. I thought it was dying, that it had already been hit by a car, called my husband sobbing. Maybe twenty minutes later, it opened its eyes and started to explore everything and act like a regular cat. I put a sign up in his neighborhood the next day and the owner called, said he was epileptic, but didn't usually go out of the yard. We figure he seized, then didn't remember where he was or which identical looking snowy driveway was his. Guess my point is be careful with her outside if she has more seizures, I think you are rural and maybe don't have to worry about cars, but it can be so easy for them to get confused out there. Hope this was ideopathic and it won't happen again. It is so scary.
Big hugs, Beth On 3/27/07, elizabeth trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Susan, Thank you for writing -- you've helped me take a deep breath. I'll send you an email off-list. elizabeth On 3/27/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a cat who is epileptic though not FeLV+ She is controlled with > phenobarbitol. I'm leaving my office right now but if you want to talk feel > free to email me off list. I know how scary it is to see a grand mal > seizure but it is still something you and the cat can cope with. > > *elizabeth trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *wrote: > > I am so worried. > > When I got home this afternoon, I noticed that Mama Kitty didn't have a > lot of spunk. She ate well this morning but this afternoon, she didn't get > up and go to the front door to go outside. I picked her up and took her -- > she sat on the porch a bit and seemed interested in some cat food. She > really sat in one spot for a while though so I picked her up to hold her at > pet her. She wanted to get down so I let her. She went to a place where > she usually suns and all of the sudden started breathing very rapidly. Her > eyes looked very strange and she started to let out this low yell/growl. > That's when she turned over on her side -- legs straight out and head lolled > to the side..tongue sticking out. It was a seizure. There is no mistaking > it. > > I thought she was going to die. > > She did this once last summer when I was giving her Pet Tinic. > > When it was over, I took her inside to her royal chair and just kept > everyone very calm and still. In a few minutes, she was purring again. I > got her to eat some fancy feast too and she ate fairly well. > > She seems tired - but ok. > > I started to take her to the ER (45 min drive away) -- but my heart told > me not to. I've been sitting beside her, keeping her calm and I put one of > her favorite CDs on to soothe her. Going to simmer some lavender oil. I > was supposed to go out tonight but nixed those plans right away. > > The only thing I can figure is that she was afraid I was picking her up > to give her medicine or go to the vet's and she didn't have the energy to > run so just just frieked out and had a seizure. My vet told me that cat's > can do this - idiopathic seizures with no underlying pathology. I'm worring > myself sick but I am afraid a 45 minute trip to the vet would just friek her > out more and the last thing she needs right now is stress. The fact that > she ate convinced me more to just chill out and stay with her. > > She has an appointment for more Acemannan tomorrow. When I get her to > go to the vet - it's fast and painless. She's in that pet taxi before she > knows what happened. She's really in a delicate state right now though. > My vet is less than 2 miles away so hopefully we can get there without a big > ordeal. > > elizabeth > > > > >
