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My 8 month old black and tan coon hound has had a very traumatic couple of days. I need help trying to make sense of all her symptoms. It all started 3 days ago with 2 grand mal seizures on Tuesday. They seemed very severe- major foaming at the mouth, whole body convulsions, etc. Following the seizure, she walks around the house like she's drunk and then zonks out. After the second seizure, we took her to the animal hospital where they did some blood work. Some kind of enzyme in her liver (I apologize for my lack of knowledge, this is all new to me) was abnormally high suggesting that the liver was the problem. The next day, she suffered 4 more grand mal seizures, each one worsening. They wanted to do more comprehensive bloodwork but we are very limited financially. Her condition was so bad that we almost put her to sleep that night, but decided to wait it out one more night. She didn't seizure the rest of the night nor did she the following 2 days which puts us to the present. She is now home and she is a completely different dog. She now has the following symptoms that were not present before the seizures. All she does is pace back and forth around the house for hours on end. She is constantly whining and has begun howling. Her vision seems to be affected- either completely or partially gone, hard to tell. She runs into walls and acts like she doesn't know us. She is drinking water like crazy, but not eating as much. (We wonder if she can see her food). The vet told us that she did become aggressive with one of the workers in the hospital which is a first. I have been trying to read up on brain tumors and it just seems like all these symptoms fit. I don't know what to do with our poor puppy. Do we just wait it out and see if she gets worse? Is she in pain? I am scared to be with her for fear she will begin seizuring again which is incredibly traumatic for me as well. Unfortunately, we are not able to spend much more money on trying to get a diagnosis. I do know that I would rather put an end to her pain prolong this awful state.
Thanks for hanging in for this lengthy inquiry.
-Shannon