I got her to the vet about 5 minutes after the first one ended. Doc ran blood tests thinking maybe it was her kidney issues, but her numbers were better than they were when I had her vaccinated and checked out last month. Then they ran a toxicity screen and that came back clean. Doc told me that it may be an isolated incident, so he sent me home with 3 pre-loaded syringes of valium to be administered rectally if she had another major one, which she did at 6:30. You ever try to shove a syringe up a convulsing dog's ass before? Yeah...
Last night she had another big one at 10:30 right when I was just starting to nod off. I didn't want to medicate her again because I forgot to ask how long between doses and I didn't want to overdose her, so she just powered through that one.
At 2:30, she had another one. After she has a seizure, she's hyperactive and seriously confused for about an hour, so I said fuck it and got out of bed after a whopping 3 hours of sleep.
At 6:30, another one. Fuck.
At 8, I called the vet and they told me to bring her back in.
This time around, they gave me a 30 day supply of phenobarbital, hoping it's epilepsy which is doubtful because that shit usually comes on with middle age, not 12-13 years old, but it's worth a try. Unfortunately, the hottie vet tech told me that it'll take a few days for it to take full effect, so I've got to deal with this shit at least until Friday. If she's still nutting up over the weekend, I've got to bring her back in Monday. That may be to switch to a different medication or maybe to end it all, I don't know - my brain's so foggy I forgot to ask. Hell, I didn't need to ask, I know what the deal is.
This is a pure bitch. I love that little dog to pieces and I can't begin to tell you how hard it is to hold her while she's convulsing, knowing I can't do a fucking thing to make it better.
