Broken toe now a sSeizure Help!

So exactly 4 weeks ago tomorrow Adora broke a toe, we took he in. She had a split and bandage on here paw as she broke a weight baring toe. She had that on for 2 week and 1 day. when she got it off there where a few sores because of the lack of oxygen under the bandage, which vet said was normal. and told us to soak it regularly in warm water and Epsom salt which we did. i was slowly getting better. then, 25 minutes ago while watching a movie my boyfriend looked over at the dogs and adora was on her side facing the opposite direction with her legs going wild, first my boyfriend thought it was her playing with rhun then just then rhun started nudging her with his head, and he put two and two together, we ran over, watched to make sure she didn`t hurt her self during it. Her eyes where wide open as much as they could be staring forward, her body rigid and all 4 legs going a mile a minute. seizure lasted about a minute. for the first minute after it stopped she tried to get up but legs where wobbly, like new born puppy, calf trying to stand. after she could she kept trying to walk around, almost like a boredom pacing. Vet is closed, and i really hate the emergency vet office, they charge an arm and leg just to look at your dog, rude, ignorant, try getting away doing bare minimum. I would rather not waste my or her time, unless she has a second. we will bring her to our vet in the morning anyways. I have herd of a dog having seizure from infections. Could her toe paw injury cause seizures? Could it be a bigger issue? they where alone all day free range of house. Except for 1 hour when the dog walker came and took them on a short walk( it is freezing out right now, where we are) and played with them. it doesn't look like they got into anything while we they where gone, so toxin can be ruled out? I am going crazy just thinking about it and worrying, anyone gone through this, any words that would help me sleep till we can see the vet would be really great. So far 30 minutes has gone buy and no second seizure, but i am not getting my hopes up, and my fingers are crossed.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on March 3, 2011 at 10:43pm

Hi Kimberlie, ask your BF to identify the seizure with the following video 

If this is what happened, it is called Generalized Seizure or Tonic-clonic. If it happens again, stay calm. Dim the lights, turn down the music, remove any surrounding objects, give him room. Get behind him with his feet away from you, reassure him in with a gentle voice and pet him gently. Take down the time, date and duration of each seizure and time in between. Let your vet know first thing in the morning, he may ask to do a blood panel. Keep us updated!

 

No, paw injury should not be seizure related. It is hard to narrow down without any blood work.

Permalink Reply by Barbara & Bailey on March 3, 2011 at 11:48pm

Hi Kimberlie,  My last corgi developed seizures at 4yrs of age.  I understand how frightening it is to watch them.  I basically did what Sam said. He had a full exam at the vets and suggested meds.  I ended up treating my corgi with holistic meds and it helped some.  Hang in there, he may not have a seizure again.

Good luck.

Barb and Bailey

Permalink Reply by Kimberlie on March 4, 2011 at 11:25am

So far from the first seizure at 7:20 last night to, so far now there has been no second seizure. We had her sleep next to the bed last night just in case, so we could hear if she went into another one. Well at least i would because im a very light sleeper. My boyfriend will be taking her in this morning to see what the vet says. For the rest of the night she was her normal self, like nothing happend, doing her normal bored pacign when rhun did feel like pacing. Her seizure was a generalized seizure, like the video sam, exept she didn't froth from the mouth much, just a bit of druling from the side against the floor.

 

Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on March 4, 2011 at 11:59am
o my goodness i am so sorry to hear what happened to your corgi:( i pray she will never have another one. please keep us updated
Permalink Reply by Kimberlie on March 4, 2011 at 1:26pm

So adora is at vet, who is unsure at the moment, but she will be there for observation till tomorrow they are going to monitor her for a bit before they make a decision on whether to do blood work or anything else. After mentioning it to my dad last night he remembered this morning having an issue with a guy down the road from us who doesn't like his dog (looks like a smaller version of an akita (see my photos)). And remembered about a month after the guy getting mad at him and his dog he found empty/half empty peanut shells in the yard which our dogs share. He had no clue where they came from as non of us each shelled peanuts, but didn't think too much of it as it isn't the first time something/ garbage has been physical blown over /under the fence, we find pieces of paper all the time. I hate to think anyone would ever do such a nasty thing, But could poised peanuts, or even just the shells poison a dog to the point of a seizures? Info has been passed to vet just in case it helps their investigation into her seizures. we got home after dark last night so we are unsure if there where shells again or not, but as soon as we get home we will check... that is if they didn't eat them all last night. Waiting till 3 tomorrow to find out more is going to drive me nuts.

Permalink Reply by Don on March 5, 2011 at 1:06am

I do hope that everything goes well.

Its a shame that there are people out there that would do such things to a dog, god knows it happens all the time because we get reports from the Humane Society and some of them just make me wonder why.

I would take the shells to the vet to have them analized as well, hopefully they are clean and without any chemicals.

I'll keep your pup in my thoughts, please keep us updated in the progress and should anything happen.

Permalink Reply by Beth on March 5, 2011 at 11:30am
I hope Adora is feeling ok.  Please give us an update when you get a chance!   I've been thinking of the two of you.
Permalink Reply by Kimberlie on March 5, 2011 at 9:29pm
So adora is back from the vets, she hasn't had a another seizure which is good. He temp. was normal and stayed normal the whole time, and she was really good at letting them check it. Everything else looks good she is perfectly healthy. She had a smear done on her soars and it looks like she pick up and infections so she got some meds for that. They ended up doing some blood work and  she has a slight very tiny raise in one of her liver enzymes, which could be just her normal, or could be linked to toxic poisoning. Vet didn't rule out epilepsy he says if she had it, it would be stating at this age (she is almost and year and a half). She will have to go back in and get a blood panel done in a month or a couple months when we take rhun for his vaccinations. He will recheck her live enzyme. If it is back to normal it could of been poisoning, if it is still a little up it could mean it is just the way it is. if it went higher than he will do some other tests for epilepsy and any other thing that could effect that enzyme. But for now she is healthy and being her normal health so fingers crossed that she will not get another seizure. We didn't find anything in the yard, but that doesn't mean there wasn't anything, or it could be hiding under the snow as it has been snowing on and off all week or she could of eat all the evidence as i wouldn't be surprise corgi's are little vacuums with 4 legs, But we will be checking the yard twice a day from now on just in case.
Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on March 5, 2011 at 10:38pm
Glad to hear that Adora is back home and feeling alright and we are keeping our fingers and paws crossed she does not have any more seizures.  Lance says to give extra hugs to Adora from him.  :)
Permalink Reply by Beth on March 5, 2011 at 11:14pm
Glad to hear she's home!  Here's hoping it was a one-time thing.
Permalink Reply by Kimberlie on March 29, 2011 at 2:07pm

Well Adora had another seizure on the 19th, so she definitely will be going for another blood panel next month when Rhun gets his shots. We are now having to make a complete and detailed diary of her day to day activates and diet. to help find causes to rule out. It was reported last week that 4 dogs were poisoned by laced raw meat that was tossed into the bunches at the dog park(which brought me to tears when I read about it at work of all places, who would do such a thing? If you don’t like the dogs there or dogs in general well don’t go to off-leash park right?) we take the corgis to 3 times a week. Vet told us none of those 4 dog are reportedly having seizures, so we are still unsure if that was the cause of her seizures, but still a possibility depending on exposure (no dogs have been reported dead thankfully). But we are now having to travel to another park for off-leash exercise, but do to distance we are having to cut it back to 1-2 days a week, and they are unpleased. We are also switching their food back to the old kibble just in case it is dietary cause( they switch many months back, and it's long shot of a cause but better to rule it out than let the seizures continue). Pretty much covering all our bases to try to ride her from seizure causes and rule out epilepsy before her next blood panel. If she is still having them at the next vet appointment and depending on the blood panel and what causes we have ruled out vet says we many have to start other test to start proving it is epilepsy before he is comfortable placing her on meds at such a young age. It is going to be a long month, having to report and right down every detail about her life and behavior. Keep up updated in a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed!

Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on March 29, 2011 at 2:44pm

I'm sorry to hear about the seizures. Good thing is they can be easily managed and she can live a long happy seizure free life on medications. I know of several dogs in their teens who suffered seizures from a young age and were kept almost seizure free (or having just one or two a year) for most of their lives.

 

On the broken toe note, I must ask, your vet took the splint of a weight bearing toe after 2 weeks? I am asking because Franklin broke a non-weight bearing toe and we are 2 1/2 weeks in with splint changes etc and vet is saying 6 weeks. I am thinking about questioning this length of time because Frank HATES the splint and its costing me a ton of money. He chewed 3 off in 4 days last week because the put one on wrong and he developed a small sore. Just wanted to do what's best for Franklin and not be drawing this splint thing out longer than it needs to be.

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