Urgent Seizure

[JosienBB]

She's in the back room right now. They're doing bloodwork and gram stain. Doctor suggested a radiograph for possible metal toxicity but she also said metal toxicity is unlikely, due to her bouncing back so fast, so I declined on the radiograph. Did I make the right decision?? They'd have to sedate her for it and anaesthesia terrifies me.

 

[gibsongrrrl]

they can always do a blood test for lead and zinc. I ended up doing that because nothing showed up on xray and she tested positive for both.

 

[Jazzy*]

Thanks everyone

We're still at the vet. There's a power outage right now

the wind right now is crazy windy! hope your power gets back on soon.

 

[camelotshadow]

Sending thoughts & prayers.

 

[JosienBB]

they can always do a blood test for lead and zinc. I ended up doing that because nothing showed up on xray and she tested positive for both.

I just asked for that. Thank you!

 

[gibsongrrrl]

sure thing! I hope you get some answers soon

 

[Ankou]

 

[saroj12]

 

[webchirp]

Thinking of you both

 

[rockybird]

Any news? How is she doing? I hope she is doing well.

 

[kailani's mum]

hope your baby will be ok thoughts are with you all

 

[Clueless]

Just saw this post - prayer going up.

 

[Birdbabe]

Still thinking of you two and praying

 

[JosienBB]

Okay, we are back at home. She's acting completely normal right now, so that's good. Vet says it could be any number of illnesses, or calcium deficiency, or heavy metal toxicity, or it could even be a random one-off thing (I'm not buying this reason). We'll have to wait for the test results.

 

[Clueless]

Deep breath, exhale slowly, hang in there with her.

 

[gibsongrrrl]

Okay, we are back at home. She's acting completely normal right now, so that's good. Vet says it could be any number of illnesses, or calcium deficiency, or heavy metal toxicity, or it could even be a random one-off thing (I'm not buying this reason). We'll have to wait for the test results.

I'm glad she seems ok now. Hopefully the results won't take too long, with the holiday this week.

 

[kailani's mum]

glad to know your home hope the test shed more light good luck to you

 

[JosienBB]

People with experience with heavy metal poisoning... if the toxicity levels were high enough to cause a seizure, wouldn't Josie be looking more sick? Other than the minute-long seizure and muscle weakness in the minutes after the seizure, she's completely fine. Absolutely no other symptoms -- she was back to her normal self within half an hour. No lethargy, good appetite, good energy levels... Any thoughts? It'll be days before I get the results, so just ruminating in the meantime to calm my nerves.

 

[JosienBB]

I'm glad she seems ok now. Hopefully the results won't take too long, with the holiday this week.

Thankfully, no holiday here. Our Thanksgiving was last month

 

[Meatball]