A Thanksgiving Status Seizure

Progress, maybe not.

This morning at 10:44 AM, I noticed that Spike had that pre-seizure look about him.  His head was up and he was holding his body still.  He head started to shake and foaming at the mouth.  The seizure lasted 30 seconds and he never lost his feet.  Two minutes later he had a Grand Mal seizure that we stopped with Valium.   Once it was over Scott took him outside to go to the bathroom and while I was cleaning up, I saw Scott carrying Spike towards the house having another seizure.  We stopped that one too Valium and gave him 3 Clorazepate.  These seizures were not as violent as the ones in the past but they were coming close together.  Minutes later he went into a focal seizure and we loaded him in the car to head once again to the emergency hospital.

He had 2 more focal seizures in the car, he just barked constantly but he was not aware of his surroundings or of me holding him.   He is going to spend the night again.  The Vet hinted that we may need to think about whether we can keep this up.

It is so hard on Scott and I, but I have to believe that we have done everything we can.  They are adding Zonisamide to his treatment.