New posts

Reply to thread

Message

Feeling low today.

Yesterday we had to send Buddy to "Rainbow Bridge".

He's had minor epileptic seizures before. We were warned about them when we got him. They were rare and usually only last 5-10 minutes before he snapped out of it. But yesterday morning it was completely different.

As he was snapping out of one seizure another one kicked in, over and over and over again. After about 45 minutes it was off to the Vet's. Even after 2 separate shots to stop all the errant electrical activity in his head he just continued with more seizures.

Our Vet consulted with a specialist who warned that with each new seizure more brain cells were getting damaged. But we could bring him into his pet hospital and have him checked out. But he couldn't guarantee a good outcome. And that would have been $3,000 just to walk in the door and another $6,000 for all the tests Buddy would need. With very little hope from anyone we had to make that painful decision.

And 4 year old Buddy was sent on his way, where there is no pain.

<blockquote data-quote="fatherdav55" data-source="post: 1731398" data-attributes="member: 56234">Feeling low today.Yesterday we had to send Buddy to &quot;Rainbow Bridge&quot;.&nbsp;He's had minor epileptic seizures before.&nbsp; We were warned about them when we got him.&nbsp; They were rare and usually only last 5-10 minutes before he snapped out of it.&nbsp; But yesterday morning it was completely different.&nbsp;As he was snapping out of one seizure another one kicked in, over and over and over again.&nbsp; After about 45 minutes it was off to the Vet's.&nbsp; Even after 2 separate shots to stop all the errant electrical activity in his head he just continued with more seizures. &nbsp;Our Vet consulted with a specialist who warned that with each new seizure more brain cells were getting damaged.&nbsp; But we could bring him into his pet hospital and have him checked out.&nbsp; But he couldn't guarantee a good outcome.&nbsp; And that would have been $3,000 just to walk in the door and another $6,000 for all the tests Buddy would need.&nbsp; With very little hope from anyone we had to make that painful decision.&nbsp;And 4 year old Buddy was sent on his way, where there is no pain.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fatherdav55, post: 1731398, member: 56234"] [B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6]Feeling low today.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6] [B]Yesterday we had to send Buddy to "Rainbow Bridge".[/B] [B]He's had minor epileptic seizures before. We were warned about them when we got him. They were rare and usually only last 5-10 minutes before he snapped out of it. But yesterday morning it was completely different.[/B] [B]As he was snapping out of one seizure another one kicked in, over and over and over again. After about 45 minutes it was off to the Vet's. Even after 2 separate shots to stop all the errant electrical activity in his head he just continued with more seizures. [/B] [B]Our Vet consulted with a specialist who warned that with each new seizure more brain cells were getting damaged. But we could bring him into his pet hospital and have him checked out. But he couldn't guarantee a good outcome. And that would have been $3,000 just to walk in the door and another $6,000 for all the tests Buddy would need. With very little hope from anyone we had to make that painful decision.[/B] [B]And 4 year old Buddy was sent on his way, where there is no pain. [/B] [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]