I'm sad to have to write this, but Brady had a seizure at 8:36pm tonight. It did appear to be a grand mal, but fortunately, it seemed somewhat mild and not as traumatic as they have been in the past. He did thrash and paddle, though not violently. I was able to hold him and then it started to subside. There was a good amount of drool, but he did not lose control of his bladder. The seizure itself was a minute or less and he laid there for maybe 2 minutes before he got up on his feet. While he was still laying down after the seizure had stopped I inserted a half of valium suppository (the reason for only putting in half was because the other half crumbled). I then decided to insert another whole one and was able to do so before he got up. The post-ictal phase seemed better than usual and his recovery was very quick. Once he had been up and had walked around for a few minutes I gave him some rescue remedy and some water. A little bit later, I gave him a cup of food.
I did speak with Dr. Katherman and she instructed me to follow the general guidelines and to call her in the morning. His blood work results will hopefully be in by tomorrow. His blood draws to check Zonisamide and Potassium Bromide were done last Thursday, 2/25/10.
It has now been an hour and a half and he is doing well; he is settled on his bed and resting.
It has been 37 days and 15 hours since his last seizure.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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