Post by tonib on Mar 18, 2024 14:48:58 GMT
Rainbow Bridge now has another angel, Lexie sadly joined our other pets rather unexpectedly this morning after giving us 12 years 3 weeks & 6 days of her (approximate) 14.5 years.
Around 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning I'd just given the cats their late night supper & she was now sitting at the top of the stairs as I carried up my glass of water to go to bed, when she fell over sideways & and was rolling around out of control for about 15 seconds before stopping & rushing to hide. Her pupils were also very large. It was caught on a security camera I'd installed to see if the cats were arguing outside of feeding time so was able to forward that to the out of hours Vidivet service who responded with their thoughts (like mine) was that she'd had a seizure. Too keep her safe, calm & monitor the situation & check if her pupils contracted when a light shone in her eyes (they did). If she has more then get to a vet.
She was fine overnight, jumping on to work surfaces during the day etc. But last night I was late again with the food, this time 4a.m. When I got back upstairs Lexie was sort of hiding in the bedroom & then went to the landing, so I wondered if there had been another incident & while I was checking the security camera I heard a noise & found Lexie sprawled on a stair halfway down. She then went down the rest of the stairs a bit unsteadily & hid. Again her pupils were large. I don't know if she fell down/on the stairs or not but she didn't seem hurt. So I carried her back up to my bed where she remained cuddled up to me until I woke to ring the vet at 8:30 for an appointment.
The appointment was for 10:30 a.m. & the lovely vet we saw thought the same, that she'd had some form of seizure. She recommended doing blood tests & checking blood pressure & if they didn't reveal any cause then a referral for a head scan was next. So I left Lexie with the vets for bloods & BP at about 10:50. At 11:43 I got a phone call from an upset vet to say that they'd just gone to Lexie's pen after only seeing her a few minutes earlier & found her, vey unexpectedly, dead. They think she'd had a stroke & that the previous seizures were actually strokes.
I went back to the vets to say my farewells & she looked very peaceful, at least it was quick.
The staff were very good & did offer an autopsy but I declined, so now I await her ashes & pawprint
RIP Lexie
well & young again at Rainbow Bridge with Chloe, Roman, Osiris & other forum friends
Around 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning I'd just given the cats their late night supper & she was now sitting at the top of the stairs as I carried up my glass of water to go to bed, when she fell over sideways & and was rolling around out of control for about 15 seconds before stopping & rushing to hide. Her pupils were also very large. It was caught on a security camera I'd installed to see if the cats were arguing outside of feeding time so was able to forward that to the out of hours Vidivet service who responded with their thoughts (like mine) was that she'd had a seizure. Too keep her safe, calm & monitor the situation & check if her pupils contracted when a light shone in her eyes (they did). If she has more then get to a vet.
She was fine overnight, jumping on to work surfaces during the day etc. But last night I was late again with the food, this time 4a.m. When I got back upstairs Lexie was sort of hiding in the bedroom & then went to the landing, so I wondered if there had been another incident & while I was checking the security camera I heard a noise & found Lexie sprawled on a stair halfway down. She then went down the rest of the stairs a bit unsteadily & hid. Again her pupils were large. I don't know if she fell down/on the stairs or not but she didn't seem hurt. So I carried her back up to my bed where she remained cuddled up to me until I woke to ring the vet at 8:30 for an appointment.
The appointment was for 10:30 a.m. & the lovely vet we saw thought the same, that she'd had some form of seizure. She recommended doing blood tests & checking blood pressure & if they didn't reveal any cause then a referral for a head scan was next. So I left Lexie with the vets for bloods & BP at about 10:50. At 11:43 I got a phone call from an upset vet to say that they'd just gone to Lexie's pen after only seeing her a few minutes earlier & found her, vey unexpectedly, dead. They think she'd had a stroke & that the previous seizures were actually strokes.
I went back to the vets to say my farewells & she looked very peaceful, at least it was quick.
The staff were very good & did offer an autopsy but I declined, so now I await her ashes & pawprint
RIP Lexie
well & young again at Rainbow Bridge with Chloe, Roman, Osiris & other forum friends