This morning's seizure was very different from the last five or six. It was very short, and much more physical. I was going to say "violent" - but it wasn't really violent, I guess. He must have been laying on his side when it started, and the jaw-clicking that accompanies the salivation seemed to take a very long time to get going. I usually try to gently stroke and wipe him up and talk to him during a seizure, but he was a little too far away to reach. (And I'd had the camera sitting there at night for days now; forgot to put it out last night...) The "violence" was mainly his body flopping like a fish; there almost appeared to be a sort of rippling from his head to his tail. There hasn't been that much movement during a seizure for quite a while. Growling started a few seconds after the beginning of the seizure, and was much reduced in volume. This was a quick but mean one, I guess. Over rapidly and very abruptly, with a distinct moment in time when it appeared he was himself again, although he didn't move. After it ended, he just laid there, with his eyes wide open and unblinking for a good minute and a half. And then, he abruptly stood up, jumped down, and headed for the kitchen to eat.
It's been 10 days since the last seizure, which is good, not that it wouldn't be nice if it had been 10 weeks, or years...... He started the generic Keppra from Canada earlier this week, and last night, he had the last of the 6 month old phenobarb Vet Chews. He's a little wobblier these days than he was, say, a few weeks ago. And he's not eating as well. I've started giving him the occasional bottle of Wellness again; he won't eat it from a dish on his own.
Today he's scheduled for another chiropractic appointment. I was thinking that maybe I should cancel it, but upon further consideration, this might be a good time for the treatment, since his muscles and joints have been through this ordeal so recently. Boy, I hope he never has a seizure in the carrier.
