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8:10 am
Bucketeers
15 December 2015
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Holly, I know we’ve been emailing but I did just want to come on here as well to say how thrilled I am about the clear MRI and the spinal tap. It’s everything we were hoping and praying for and just such a relief to have things ruled out. I love hearing how happy Purrkins was to get home after his adventures and how he gobbled his tea and doubtless bragged a bit to Saxton about his night in the cat spa. Saxton, please don’t get any ideas, okay! Also, I know I’ve said it before but really I just can’t say it enough how much I love your thoroughness and thoughtfulness and total dedication. Every creature that comes into your care is truly blessed, as are Meg and I and Pie in the Sky to have you for a friend.
Good on Mark for getting the stove going. You make the best team, truly. I hope you are all nice and warm now in the Palace of Purrkins, and that able to get some rest when his royal highness can spare you.
Much love to all and thank you for keeping us all updated
Meg, Clare and Angel Pie xxx
Ruby, Staffy, born June 2022, became a Tripawd, November 2023, adopted January 2024.
Also Angel Tripawd Meg (aka The Megastar), who died in April 2023, aged 14, after seven glorious years on three, and Angel Staffies Elsie Pie and Bille. In the pawprints of giants...
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Bucketeers
11 July 2016
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Thanks, everyone! 💫 🤝🦊😁😘😘😘
We got Purrkins diagnosis/summary of evaluation from Dogwood today; we are UNLIKELY and could not be more thankful - Idiopathic Epilepsy and will be digging into this further.
Thank you for referring "Purrkins" to Dogwood Veterinary Referral Center for evaluation. Below is a summary
of our evaluation and recommendations. Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions about this case.
Patient: "Purrkins", DMSH, male neutered, 6/30/2010
Veterinarian: Riverside Cat Hospital
Clinical Diagnosis: Seizures
History: Onset of focal seizures that have responded to initiating phenobarbital therapy. Purrkins is currently on 15mg phenobarbital
every 12 hours.
Neurologic Exam:
- Mentation: Alert and responsive
- Cranial nerves: Normal
- Gait/Posture: Ambulatory with a normal gait
- Postural reactions: Intact in all limbs
- Spinal reflexes: Intact in all limbs
- Muscle tone: Normal in all limbs
- Pain perception: Intact in all limbs
- Spinal pain: None detected
- Neuroanatomic Localization: No identifiable neurologic deficits
Diagnostics: MRI: No macrostructural abnormalities.
Spinal Fluid Analysis: Normal white blood cell count and protein concentration.
Assessment/Plan: The lack of significant changes noted on MRI and CSF analysis allows us to feel comfortable continuing to
manage Purrkins's seizures with phenobarbital knowing there is not anything else that needs to be treated. Please have a
phenobarbital level checked 2 weeks after increasing the dose to 15mg every 12 hours. Also, please keep us updated with his status.
Medications: Phenobarbital (15mg tab): 1 tab every 12 hours
Recheck: As needed. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Andrew Isaacs, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology)
ALL BRILLIANT NEWS WHOO HOO.
Purrkins is still not 100% YET. Dr. Isaacs was not concerned as long as Purrkins is improving, which he is! Not as quick as I would have thought or liked BUT add in the higher dose of Pheno Purrkins has not adapted to yet!
He said older kitties 🙀
Purrkins is ten years & seven months young:)... not old for a cat, but anyway
they can take longer to come out of the anesthesia! They used three meds, one of which was propofol to sedate. Another topic entirely it will now be on the charts as A DO NOT USE AGAIN! GAH (we had a similar reaction with Saxton during a dental)
He is eating not like usual, but i can coax him by hand feeding or using one of our staples for times like these. Baby food!
Drinking, grooming, no pain signals
! All the things we watch for.
Purrkins hop is a hop again thankfully, but I won't let him do his pet steps or real steps yet. Not worth the chance. No pee yet today, and i am syringing water & tuna water. I'm hoping & anticipating a PEE here soon!🤞🏻Purrkins has rested most of today! You can see not normal Mr. P here!
Nope on the warm Purrkins Palace, but we aren't freezing either. It can always be worse! Furnace people came today- Parts will take 3-5 days before they can start. Mark ordered us more pellets he can pick those up tomorrow and do a curbside pick up at TSC with the truck;) no contact etc, plus a couple of space heaters. We dress warmer and make due:) Yes, thank god for Mark Clare. We do make a great team, and we balance each other out;) which we both need
Thanks, everyone again; we will keep you posted, and I look forward to reporting Purrkins IS BACK 100% and zooming thru the house: )Oh, Rene sorry i left Sexy Saxton out. We are back to normal on that front Saxton Now says, oh yes, that is my brother. Saxton did great staying home that is always his preferred choice, and the little <a href="