This morning Stella had another seizure; the duration was
about 20 minutes. We called the ER (it was very early in the morning and the
“regular” hospital section was not quite open yet). We spoke with an ER vet and inquired whether
or not giving Stella just two doses of Gabapentin per day as opposed to the
prescribed three might be the cause of this additional seizure. We have
only been giving her two doses per day because our schedules would make two of
the doses just a few hours apart which is not recommended. ER vet stated she was unsure but that we
needed to do whatever we could to try to give Stella the three doses a day as
close to eight hours apart as possible.
She asked if we could have someone come into our house in the middle of
the day or if we could set an alarm clock to give her one in the middle of the
night. Once Stella is on the Gabapentin
three times a day, should she have another seizure, we should bring her back to
the hospital/ER.
We discussed what we needed to do to make this happen. We have decided that we will have to come home from
work during our lunch time each day to assure Stella gets the pill three times a
day. Luckily we only live 15 minutes
from our workplace so it is just a matter of scheduling. If this is what it takes to get her back to
normal, then this is just what we’ll have to do. This regimen started today.
Later this evening, approximately 12 hours from this
morning’s seizure, Stella had another one.
Again, lasting about 20 minutes.
As usual, I sat on the floor with her and held her as she cuddled into
me, shaking and looking scared. As with
the other seizures she was unresponsive to our voices or movement but remained
seemingly conscious – I say “seemingly” because her eyes remain open, whether
or not she is actually “conscious” during the seizures we do not know.
Four hours later I walked into the room and it appeared to me
she may have just finished another bout of seizure activity.
As of this writing, Stella is sleeping quietly on our bed
next to her sister Betty.
By the way, we find it interesting that Betty (nor the cat)
has any reaction whatsoever to Stella’s seizures. I wonder what they think? Do they know just to leave her alone? Are they aware of what’s happening?
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