It happened again this morning. I wakened at 4AM, went downstairs and gave Lily her thyroid medication. Then we return to bed, I thought. But Lily was restless and would not settle in the bed. We returned downstairs once again. I opened the door and we went outside. Lily did not go to the bamboo......but she paced. By now it was about 4:20 AM.
At 4:30 AM I fed Lily, thinking the food might stabilize her blood sugar and wanting to get her morning meds into her system.
I am beginning to recognize the body language. Tail tucked, slow movement head down. At about 4:45 Lily threw up a bit on the carpet in the family room. I put Andre into his crate so he would be safe. And then I got out the Häagen-Dazs ice cream. This time I let Lily consume the entire carton.
It is now 5:30 AM. Lily wants to settle but she is still restless. I have put blankets on the sofa where she is not allowed and she is curling up at one end of the sofa and then moving to the other end. Then she moves to the floor and curls into her small wicker basket. Then she moves across the room to her mat she just can't get settled anywhere. Lilys normal behavior after a seizure is to curl up into go to sleep. This is unusual behavior so it may not be over yet.
I am remaining downstairs with Lily because the ice pack is downstairs, the valium, is downstairs all the seizure remedies are downstairs.
6:00
I am going upstairs and getting dressed just in case. Lily follows me and hops into bed, curls up and goes to sleep. More wait and see.
6:30
Lily is sleeping. I have sent email to both Patty Ungar and Jean Dodds for help. I asked Laurie for input and have added her wise advice into the Comments below.
I can't help but feel that Lilys seizures are connected in some way to low blood sugar. I absolutely know, after this morning, that the ice cream prevented a seizure.
I want more information. I know from my diabetic alert dog friends that high blood sugar is as dangerous as a low blood sugar. I cannot overdo the ice cream with Lily. I need to know more about what I am doing.