Likelihood of Brain Damage After Long Seizure
I have an 8 year old Chihuahua mix who started showing symptoms of super mild epilepsy shortly after I got her last year. She would have episodes of pacing around, seemingly not knowing where she was for about 4-5 minutes, doing some compulsive bowing movements, but not really shaking or seizing in an obvious way. After that, she would take a short nap and wake up like nothing even happened. I did take her to a neurologist and they said that the epilepsy seemed so mild that she didn't need medication yet, but gave me some (keppra) in case it ever got worse. But at the time it didn't seem to impact her quality of life. She didn't vomit or become incontinent ever. Her bloodwork and tests were all good. She was a super active, agile, and healthy dog.
Last night though I noticed my dog, who is typically a speed demon, was moving very slowly on her walk, and when I came inside she seemed to have one of her episodes. I figured she needed to take one of her recovery naps so we both went to bed.
In the morning though I discovered that she was still having that same episode—disoriented and wandering but this time with some shaking. I rushed her to the vet and just put her on the emergency keppra, but I feel awful that I hadn't done it last night. I'm worried she was having the episode for so long that she might have brain damage, though it's hard to tell given that she just started keppra and also gabapentin from the vet. She's really wobbly and uncoordinated, which is so hard to see given that she was the world's most athletic Chihuahua just yesterday.
I guess I'm just looking for if anyone had similar experiences, and what recovery looks like? I just feel so awful and worried about her.