Hi All -
My Border Terrier Ollie is 13 1/2 and has been living with Cushings Disease and Water Diabetes for about 6 years now. He takes Vetoryl and Desmopressin 2x daily and has been very well managed by his great doctor in NYC for years now. Yesterday, however, he had some kind of seizure after lunch with his head tilted down and was turning in weird circles and his legs gave out. It only lasted about 3-5 minutes and he was pretty calm. He got back up and ate and was fairly normal. But then he had a much worse episode where he was pacing and turning and disoriented and walking in weird circles. His legs kept giving out as well.
We're living in the middle of nowhere because of Covid this year, but we drove two hours to the emergency vet hospital. They weren't super helpful. It could be a brain tumor or a stroke but the vet wasn't sure at his age and with all of his underlying issues if it was worth doing the MRI since we probably can't do anything for either. I'm heading back to NYC Monday and have an appointment with our vet there but does anyone have any experience with older dogs and either strokes/brain tumors?
The old guy is up and walking, eating and resting a lot today but no seizures. His back legs have given out a few times. It's all a bit heartbreaking. I'd always thought it would be his kidneys that would go, but I"m not sure how much time he has left now given whatever is going on. He's a really anxious dog and I'm not sure I want to subject him to a lot of unnecessary vet/hospital visits.
I haven't posted before - but I have read a lot of the forums over the year. It's been a great resource and I appreciate the community.