Hudson's First Seizure

Today, Monday, August 3rd is a holiday in Canada. Here in Toronto area, we had our first good weekend of the summer and I spent it working in my yard, BBQing with some friends and each morning started at the Dog Park for about 1.5 to 2 hours - Hudson playing with his usual weekend friends. I got home at about 9:45 a.m. - made breakfast for Hudson and then myself. Hudson didn't eat - but that isn't unusual when he has had a big play time at the park. He usually nibbles and then sleeps and eats a little later. I was outside doing some work in my yard and came in the house at about 12:30 - Hudson asleep on the hardwood floor with his head on the carpet. I poured myself some coffee and I heard him trying to throw up. I went into the living room and pushed him onto the floor area to let him throw up - which he did, but it was maybe a tablespoon on bile and then he did it again. All of a sudden he went into a panic mode and started running around but not in typical doodle play mode - he was clearly terrified. I thought he was going to have diarhea so ran with him to the patio doors and let him out. He was tearing around the back yard and then all of sudden stood still and started shaking. It was then I knew he was having a seizure - I've never seen this in a dog before but I have seen it in people. I just grabbed the phone and then ran to be beside him as he lay down to complete his seizure. My thought was poison of some kind but then all of a sudden it stopped and he stood up - foam coming down his mouth. I went to get a wet towel to wipe him down and he stood there in the middle of my yard barking - this was really odd behavior because he isn't a barker. I took the towel outside and he seemed afraid of it, so I put it down and just put cold water on my hands and wiped down his mouth and neck. The whole thing took maybe a minute. I went to ER and they did a quick vitals and ISTAT for blood gases - everything was completely normal. I am going to my vet in the morning to get a full blood workup done. Thankfully, I have been able to read through this whole discussion and also jumped into the Epi Angels site that a few of you supplied, so I feel like I have a lot of info to discuss with my vet.

I'm of course, absolutely devistated and scared as to what this means. He is not quite 14 months old and I am so worried about him. He is obviously exhausted tonite although he has eaten food since we came home - I gave him small batches over the last several hours and now he is sleeping. I doubt I will sleep tonite because I will be concerned about him having another one right away. That seems to be the more dangerous signal with seizures - the clusters.

This little soul is known as Mr Happy by everyone that meets him. He brought such happiness back to my life last year and I am so worried about him. I live alone so I have to leave him during the day. I do have a dog walker that comes in but I keep worrying about him being alone. Thankfully I have tomorrow off work so I will be able to monitor for the next 36 hours very carefully.

I'm just looking for support from all of you right now - and also, I do have a couple of questions. No one really talks about life expectancy - I know it will depend on how bad this turns out to be but can they live a regular length life if controlled and monitored? or does it mean his life is drastically reduced? Also, can I continue to let him run and play as he wants? or do I have to restrict his exertion?

There haven't been many posts on this for a while - I hope everyone is doing well.

Teresa and Hudson

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