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We had to say goodbye to Cas last night.

After Friday night, he started getting worse again. He was having full-on seizures again and they were happening more frequently. On advice from the vet, we upped his phenobarbital dose slightly and it helped for a few hours but then he got worse again. He had a really bad seizure last night about an hour after his latest dose. He couldn’t walk properly after it and his vision went completely. He had no idea what was going on.

We called the vet and he said that it might be time. He wasn’t getting any better, the meds weren’t working and there wasn’t anything we could do. It was clearly something in his brain and the only way to know was to have an MRI scan but he would’ve needed to be referred to another city for that and it also would’ve cost thousands with no guarantee anyone could fix the problem. Even then, there wouldn’t have been time. The seizures were getting so close together, and lasting longer.

So we had to say goodbye. It’s all just been so sudden. Every day up until Thursday morning he was totally fine, he was just a normal cat. And then suddenly, he starts having seizures and 3 days later he has to be put to sleep. I’m struggling to cope with it all. He was my baby, I loved him so much. I know it was the right thing to do and he was deteriorating so fast that it had to be done but… I’m just so sorry that there wasn’t anything else I could do. He wasn’t even 3 years old, he didn’t deserve this.

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Thank you all so much for your comments on this post. Cas is home now, he’s not doing great but there has been progress.

He’s on phenobarbital now which he has to have two times every day. We have to keep that going for the next 3 weeks and then have another blood test done at the vet and see how he’s getting on.

He hasn’t had any more seizures since he got home but he has had some ‘episodes’. He basically tenses up, like he’s scared and stares off into the distance, salivating a lot. He does that for about 20-30 seconds and then he comes down from it but he starts meowing really loudly and looks really confused, again for about 20-30 seconds. Then he calms down and gets lethargic. That’s basically what was happening all of last night, about 2 times an hour.

I’m hoping that once the medication is properly in his system (which the vet said would take about 5 days) then things will start to normalise and he’ll get back to how he was before. I know he won’t ever be 100% like he was before but I’m just hoping the episodes stop or at least go down from 2 times an hour like they are at the moment. At least he isn’t having any seizures anymore, I’m thankful for that.

But anyway, thank you to everyone who commented and gave advice and support. I really, really appreciate it ♥

my baby is at the vet right now and i’m worried out of my mind.

i was driving to work this morning when my mum called me just before 8am to tell me Cas had a seizure. she said he had one at 2am last night and then another just before she called me at 8. i rushed home and we took him to the vet.

they did some blood tests and everything was normal so they prescribed some seizure medication for him but they didn’t have any liquid, just dog tablets which are too big for cats (he would need a 10th of the tablet and it was too small to realistically break up into the correct size. so, they ordered some liquid stuff in but that wouldn’t arrive until tomorrow so they said to take him home and keep a close eye on him.

we took him home, i was getting ready to go into work whilst Cas was sleeping next to me on the sofa. next thing i know, he’s on the floor, having another seizure and i just… my heart broke.

we called the vet who said to take him back in so we left immediately. he slept on top of my knee the whole ride there without moving an inch. he was so confused and sleepy. the vet said we’d have to keep him at the vet overnight, they put him on a drip and gave him seizure meds so we just had to leave.

i can’t believe i’m saying this but i hope it’s epilepsy… because the alternative is he has something going on with his brain, like a tumor. which we’d need to refer him down to edinburgh or glasgow to get an MRI which would cost upwards of £2,000. money that i don’t have. money that my family doesn’t have. i can’t even think about it right now.

but even if he doesn’t have a brain tumor and it’s epilepsy, it means he’s going to potentially be on medication for the rest of his life now

so. yeah. he’s at the vet, all by himself and i feel like shit. he’s all alone and has no idea what’s going on. what if he has another seizure during the night? or more than one? no one is there to comfort him. i have work tomorrow until 2 but i might ask to leave early to go and pick him up. i’m just gonna be sitting at work sick to my stomach worried about him. i have the worst thoughts running through my head right now, like what if they call me first thing tomorrow to say he didn’t make it through the night? i shouldn’t have left him there by himself.