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Got concerns about my recent vet and my departed Taffy.

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#1 ·
I am having alot of concerns about my recent vet and my departed cat Taffy. In july 2009 Taffy had a bad seizure and I took her to an emergency clinic to get her checked as she has never had a seizure ever. The vet checked her over and gave me some pills in case she has another one. They forwarded the check up to my vet in my town. In August I took Taffy in to get her yearly shots and weighed. I told the vet about the seizures but they and the emergency clinic a month before didn't suggest any blood test and urine tests to be done on Taffy to see why she got seizures. They assumed she got into something outside.

Then on october 21st around 11 pm she came inside lethargic and her eyes were squinting and she just flopped down on my carpet in my bedroom. She was shaking a bit so I left her on a blanket as I couldn't get her into the vet until the morning. I couldn't drive 30 minutes to the emergency clinic at after midnight. She vomited and pooped under my bed in the morning when I found her under there and she was still the same.

I got her into the vet at 10 am and they put her on an I.V. and gave her an anti-inflammmatory , antibiotics but sadly she worse and had a bad seizure and her heart stopped. The vet tried to revive her but she passed away. She was badly dehydrated . what should I do? should I get a new vet as I don't think they did all they could for Taffy and I want misty to have the best.
 
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#2 ·
I guess nobody can help me with this issue. Even some ideas. I'll let it go. Taffy is gone and I have to accept it even though my heart has been aching for a month. Wondering what went wrong with her. Trying to do what is right for my cat misty who i still have now.
 
#3 ·
Some vets run too many tests, not enough tests, no tests. It's hard to know what's right and wrong afterwards.

You will drive yourself crazy second-guessing every decision you made and the vets made.

I'm so sorry about Taffy. :patback
 
#4 ·
Based on the info I found below, diagnosing and treating seizures in cats appears to be hit/miss and many times no known cause or catlyst will ever be discovered, even if you had brought your cat to a neurological specialist. So, if a specialist would have had difficulty diagnosing and treating seizuers in a cat, I would not be able to hold a general vet to higher standards over something so difficult to treat.
IMO, if you have been happy with your vet; felt comfortable discussing your cat and felt they did their best to help you understand and know what you needed to do to care for your cat ... and the biggie ... you felt they *truly cared* about your pet and worked to have a comfortable vet/client relationship with you, I'd continue seeing them.
heidi =^..^=

http://www.vetinfo.com/catneuro.html
[quote:dc13630r]Part of an answer regarding seizures and treatment:
...a form of seizure activity, based on response to treatment with phenobarbital. Due to the difficulty in diagnosing seizures the most common way of trying to rule out this condition is just to try phenobarbital and see if it works. Usually, one to two months of therapy is enough time to decide if phenobarbital will be helpful, or not.
Q: Adult male cat was having seizures
A: Seizures are not as common in cats as they are in dogs and there seem to be fewer common inciting causes. Primary epilepsy (basically seizures that can't be explained for any other reason) may occur in cats, especially pure-bred cats. Feline infectious peritonitis causes seizures and feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus probably do, too. Toxoplasmosis, a protozoal infection, causes seizures in cats. Some cats have liver or kidney problems that lead to seizures. Cats can have seizures after ischemic neuropathy (loss of blood flow to a portion of the brain). Trauma is a possible cause. The seizures can occur a long time after the initiating trauma. Some toxins cause seizures, such as lead and insecticides. Brain tumors can cause seizures but this usually occurs in cats that are older than yours.
I think it is a good idea to try to rule out feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) since there are good tests for these problems. It would be a good idea to consider bloodwork to check on liver and kidney disease, at least. Ruling out toxoplasmosis and FIP can be difficult but there are some clinical signs associated with these diseases. Your vets will probably suggest these things, too. Sometimes, there is a tendency to wait until the seizures recur (since that doesn't always happen) but with the close occurrence of the two episodes you have seen, I really think a good lab workup is in order. I hope this all works out OK.
Mike Richards, DVM[/quote:dc13630r]
 
#6 ·
You are welcome. The best we can ever do, is simply the best we can do based on materials at hand, past experiences, knowledge and guidance from others we trust. Choose to have good people around you and you have an even better chance of positive outcomes to various situations.
Good luck!
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