It is now Monday, April 30, and Austin has not had any more seizures. PRAISE THE LORD!!! He had a follow up appointment with Dr. Hall today and he thinks it was probably the flower he ate. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS!!
The following is an explanation of what happened.
Austin and Kade were playing outside at Kade's house on Friday, April 27. When I lifted Austin into the car around noon to leave, he went limp. I looked up at him and he was seizing. I yelled at Heidi to call 911 and laid Austin on the ground and just started praying, as there was nothing I could do. He seized for quite a while and started to stop as the ambulance got there. In the ambulance, he was doing the things the EMTs were telling him but he still wasn't fully aware, and couldn't talk. He finally started talking at the hospital, but his speech was very slurred. He then completely recovered and was acting 100% normal; talking, laughing, running around, etc. They did blood work, a cat scan and x-rays, and everything was normal. Heidi called the hospital and said that Kade told her Austin had eaten a flower in their yard, called vinca. Posion Control had no info on the flower, but it said on the internet that it can cause seizures in dogs. Austin admitted to eating the flower, and we thought that was that! We went ahead and went to Celeste's track meet. I wasn't about to sit at home all day worrying! He was his normal self all day, and I was confident the seizure was a one time thing. We stopped to eat supper at my grandma's house before we left, and Austin had another seizure around 9 p.m. We rushed him to the hospital, and he was already talking by the time we got there, so this one was much shorter and not as severe. He fell asleep right after, and the doctor (Dr. Hall) woke him when he got there. His vitals were good right from the start, and he was acting completely normal again, and the doctor said that's a good sign. He did some research on the flower, but couldn't find much. He called a nuerologist who said that seizures aren't all that uncommon IF they only happen in a 24 hour period. So Dr. Hall wanted to keep him in the hospital so he could be closely watched. He released him at 9 p.m. on Saturday night, which was 24 hours from his last seizure. He hasn't had a seizure since. PRAISE THE LORD!
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