Cooper had another seizure early Thursday morning.
There was only 4 hours between the 2nd and 3rd.
They are getting less scary for me.
I know what to expect.
It was the first time for Ben, though. I think he was equally terrified and relieved that he finally knew what exactly was happening.
The vet now has him on Phenobarbital to try to control the seizures. Ideally it will fully kick in within the next 5 or 6 days. We're praying that there is no more excitement before he reaches that mark.
She also straightened me out on the priority list.
While I felt like the stones were next on the list--I just really want to take care of what we can--she said that once the seizures are under control, we really need to figure out what's causing them. In addition to the concern about putting him under anesthesia, we need to make sure that he is going to live long enough to make the surgery feasible.
It was really hard to hear it laid out like that.
Really, though, she's right.
For now I am being pessimistically hopeful.
I have to assume that he is going to take a turn for the worst at any time--I can't emotionally afford to be caught off guard again--but we are holding on to the slim possibility that the seizures are a side effect of the injection that he got on Tuesday.
It's only a sliver of hope, but at least it's something.
There was only 4 hours between the 2nd and 3rd.
They are getting less scary for me.
I know what to expect.
It was the first time for Ben, though. I think he was equally terrified and relieved that he finally knew what exactly was happening.
The vet now has him on Phenobarbital to try to control the seizures. Ideally it will fully kick in within the next 5 or 6 days. We're praying that there is no more excitement before he reaches that mark.
She also straightened me out on the priority list.
While I felt like the stones were next on the list--I just really want to take care of what we can--she said that once the seizures are under control, we really need to figure out what's causing them. In addition to the concern about putting him under anesthesia, we need to make sure that he is going to live long enough to make the surgery feasible.
It was really hard to hear it laid out like that.
Really, though, she's right.
For now I am being pessimistically hopeful.
I have to assume that he is going to take a turn for the worst at any time--I can't emotionally afford to be caught off guard again--but we are holding on to the slim possibility that the seizures are a side effect of the injection that he got on Tuesday.
It's only a sliver of hope, but at least it's something.
