Maybe it's seizures

[cjsmith]

The vet says that the episode Duchess had last night is also consistent with a seizure. She could be having little TIA-almost-strokes, and she could be having seizures (even if she's not rigid or falling down), and if she had a brain tumor growing this is how it would start too -- episodic weird stuff.

Kitty first aid is: if it's safe to attempt, get a blood glucose reading to show the vet later; if it's safe to attempt, get some Karo syrup into her mouth; above all, get her to a vet in the hopes that she can be evaluated while this is happening. There's not really anything palliative I can do.

She'll call back with specialist information. I may get her a little kitty MRI.

Other than that, I just get to log frequency and severity for a while. If things get worse she'll go on anti-seizure meds.

[edit: Forget that "other than that" phrasing. A kitty MRI is $1420. Yiiiiikes.]

Comments

[kimatha.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope Duchess is comfortable and happy. It's tough when kitties get sick.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It sure is. You can't explain to them why the annoying people who have sharp pointy things are going to help make her better; you can't ask where it hurts. Still, she does seem a lot more unaffected (except during one of these) than I am. She's not mopey, shows no signs of decreased energy or of discomfort...