I know I haven't been around here in quite some time but I hope I still have some friends here, so I hope you don't mind my coming here for help. It's about Charlie. Something is wrong and I'm trying any and all avenues to find out what. This is gonna be kinda long....
About 5 or 6 weeks ago he stopped eating and when he would try to eat just a little bit he would vomit. Went to the vet and they thought he had a bowel obstruction. They did x-rays and couldn't find anything so they gave him an enema and put him on an antacid. He lost 20lbs during this time but after the enema and all that he seemed to get right back to normal and has been eating fine ever since. (I don't know if any of this part is related to the current problem or not, but it could be)
Last Wendesday we were out in the yard and he had would I would call a little freak out. He started running all crazy and yelping. It lasted about 15 seconds and then he was fine again. I thought he was just super, super excited about something or maybe he got stung by a bee, but I didn't think much of it.
Then Friday night about 7pm he had a major psycho freakout. Again, he was out in the yard and he started running all crazy and yelping. I ran outside and when I opened the door he went running in the house. He raced through the house, on top of the furniture, tables, etc, knocking over lamps, yelping the whole time and pooping all over the place. I opened my bedroom door because that is where he sleeps and we never play in there so it is sort of a calm place for him and I thought he would calm down. He didn't. He raced over the top of the bed, over the bedside table, up onto my dresser, in and out of the closet, again yelping and pooping the whole time. He also tried to bite if I came near him. This lasted a good 4-5 minutes.
When he finally calmed down he was drooling like crazy and standing with his feet kind of splayed out and he was a bit wobbly like he was going to fall down but he didn't. I called his name several times and got zero reaction. After about a minute it was like he snapped out of it and looked around and came to me and was fine. I called the E-vet right away and they were certain that he had gotten stung by a bee and said not to worry about it. I knew that was not the case, but they would not see him that night.
About 2am that same night the exact same thing happened except this time it started in the house. Again, the psycho running, yelping, pooping, snapping. This time it lasted even a bit longer. Called the E-vet again and they said the only thing they can think of that would exhibit such symptoms would be a brain tumor and to bring him in first thing in the morning.
So Saturday we went to the vet. She checked him over from head to toe and found nothing obvious. No pain anywhere, no enlargements in the abdomen, etc. We weighed him and he has lost an additional 6lbs since he was there last for the enema and all that. She took some blood. Bloodwork came back on Monday and liver, kidneys, thyroid all check out fine. His pancreatic enzymes were a bit elevated but he isn't currently exhibiting any of the other symptoms of pancreatitis, which would be vomiting, diarrhea, enlarged belly and pain.
He stayed at the vet on Monday and they monitored his blood pressure, which was high all day - around 190. She is still thinking brain tumor and wants me to take him up to Purdue for an MRI. She is also thinking possible adrenal tumor and he is having an ultrasound on Friday to look for that. Another option could be epilepsy but that does not explain the weightloss.
He has been pretty lethargic, sleeping a lot and not wanting to leave my side. He is skin and bones. He weighs 64 now and this is a dog that used to weigh 95. I am so sick and haven't slept in days and I just don't know what to do. None of the possibilities the vet has come up with really seem to fit.
The neurologist at Purdue wants us to video it if he has another episode. Last night we tried to play with him and get him excited, hoping to induce an attack so we could video it, but he wasn't really willing to run around much and got exhausted after about 10-15 minutes. This is unheard of for him. He is normally a non-stop ball of energy.
I don't want to have the MRI done. If he has a brain tumor I won't pursue brain surgery or chemo/radiation.
There's probably more details I could add but I can't think of it all right now.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this at all? If anyone has any ideas of what could be going on, I would appreciate any help anyone can give. I am just beside myself with all this and I don't know what to do.
About 5 or 6 weeks ago he stopped eating and when he would try to eat just a little bit he would vomit. Went to the vet and they thought he had a bowel obstruction. They did x-rays and couldn't find anything so they gave him an enema and put him on an antacid. He lost 20lbs during this time but after the enema and all that he seemed to get right back to normal and has been eating fine ever since. (I don't know if any of this part is related to the current problem or not, but it could be)
Last Wendesday we were out in the yard and he had would I would call a little freak out. He started running all crazy and yelping. It lasted about 15 seconds and then he was fine again. I thought he was just super, super excited about something or maybe he got stung by a bee, but I didn't think much of it.
Then Friday night about 7pm he had a major psycho freakout. Again, he was out in the yard and he started running all crazy and yelping. I ran outside and when I opened the door he went running in the house. He raced through the house, on top of the furniture, tables, etc, knocking over lamps, yelping the whole time and pooping all over the place. I opened my bedroom door because that is where he sleeps and we never play in there so it is sort of a calm place for him and I thought he would calm down. He didn't. He raced over the top of the bed, over the bedside table, up onto my dresser, in and out of the closet, again yelping and pooping the whole time. He also tried to bite if I came near him. This lasted a good 4-5 minutes.
When he finally calmed down he was drooling like crazy and standing with his feet kind of splayed out and he was a bit wobbly like he was going to fall down but he didn't. I called his name several times and got zero reaction. After about a minute it was like he snapped out of it and looked around and came to me and was fine. I called the E-vet right away and they were certain that he had gotten stung by a bee and said not to worry about it. I knew that was not the case, but they would not see him that night.
About 2am that same night the exact same thing happened except this time it started in the house. Again, the psycho running, yelping, pooping, snapping. This time it lasted even a bit longer. Called the E-vet again and they said the only thing they can think of that would exhibit such symptoms would be a brain tumor and to bring him in first thing in the morning.
So Saturday we went to the vet. She checked him over from head to toe and found nothing obvious. No pain anywhere, no enlargements in the abdomen, etc. We weighed him and he has lost an additional 6lbs since he was there last for the enema and all that. She took some blood. Bloodwork came back on Monday and liver, kidneys, thyroid all check out fine. His pancreatic enzymes were a bit elevated but he isn't currently exhibiting any of the other symptoms of pancreatitis, which would be vomiting, diarrhea, enlarged belly and pain.
He stayed at the vet on Monday and they monitored his blood pressure, which was high all day - around 190. She is still thinking brain tumor and wants me to take him up to Purdue for an MRI. She is also thinking possible adrenal tumor and he is having an ultrasound on Friday to look for that. Another option could be epilepsy but that does not explain the weightloss.
He has been pretty lethargic, sleeping a lot and not wanting to leave my side. He is skin and bones. He weighs 64 now and this is a dog that used to weigh 95. I am so sick and haven't slept in days and I just don't know what to do. None of the possibilities the vet has come up with really seem to fit.
The neurologist at Purdue wants us to video it if he has another episode. Last night we tried to play with him and get him excited, hoping to induce an attack so we could video it, but he wasn't really willing to run around much and got exhausted after about 10-15 minutes. This is unheard of for him. He is normally a non-stop ball of energy.
I don't want to have the MRI done. If he has a brain tumor I won't pursue brain surgery or chemo/radiation.
There's probably more details I could add but I can't think of it all right now.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this at all? If anyone has any ideas of what could be going on, I would appreciate any help anyone can give. I am just beside myself with all this and I don't know what to do.
I'm so sorry ((((((HUGS)))))) 
