My pet has the following symptoms:
Unable To Move Limbs, Blank Staring
My handsome orange tabby started having peculiar "events", such as falling over, and vacant looking experiences, that he would come out of and seem to be disoriented. Thus began a long journey to help him overcome what was to be diagnosed as idiopathic epilepsy. We had wellness check, blood work check, and nothing showed up- yet, he continued to have these "events". It culminated in him falling over to his left side, and being unable to get up... we then scheduled an MRI ( at no small expense), which showed... nothing wrong! So, our vet prescribed phenol barbital, which worked for almost a year… but, my buddy started to show signs of being over dosed, such as clumsiness, and "slowness".. in addition, his appetite dramatically decreased. We had kept n eye on his levels of pheno, and they had stayed ok, but when we now checked, his level was twice what it should be. We tried decreasing, but they would not go down. HE also started to not eat at this point, so we were now facing a double threat.. before we knew it, he was diagnosed with fatty liver disease, and we had a real fight on our hands..we will never know if the pheno caused the fatty liver, but we do know it was not cancer, as we had a biopsy done to confirm... he was fitted with a feeding tube, which probably saved his precious life, and we are currently doing our best to nurse him back to health. During all of this, he had an episode of a seizure, so ur vet assessed him and prescribed Keppra, which is a newer anti convulsant which does not metabolize in his kidneys, which is helpful for his liver issues... Moral of the story- be very vigilant and constantly monitor any anti convulsants for your pet. We currently are cautiously optimistic our baby will recover, but it has been a very rocky road...