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Thank-you for the vibes. I am so disheartened and discouraged right now. I was gathering the links to e-mail off to my vet from youtube and I read that one of the cats with these episodes had passed away. Now granted the video was posted in 2011 and the girl said the cat had been experiencing the episodes for 2 years before the video was made. She also said the cat died this past May which was an additional 2 years after the video was made so 4 years all together of these issues. The cat was also 15 as well and she can't say for sure these issues were the cause of his death. Still it worries me. I did just get a response from my vet, God bless him, and his response was "This could be due to discomfort, itchiness and allergies. Those Youtube videos could easily be itchy cats with ear infections...its hard to tell." He also said it a could be a neurological issues and she'd need to see a neurologist, but it would be best if he saw a video of her twitching. Yet I can't catch it. I also made the mistake of watching a cat in the throes of a full blown seizure and I have to admit, the end of it sort of looked like Grace's tics. Grace did have an okay weekend. She did have tics probably at least every day since Friday, although yesterday they were minimal. There were no more intense tremor episodes but I don't know though. She seems somewhat "jerky" if you can call it that, like her movements of her head at times, plus she still tilts it. It doesn't stay tilted all the time and her balance isn't off. I'm not sure now if this was just a quirky thing she always did, but now I am reading way too much into it.
I don't mean to go on and on about this so I apologize but it's just so hard dealing with this because it's not something I can easily pinpoint or diagnose, and be able to say, "well here's the meds" so I can make her better. I realize I might be headed in the direction of her seeing the neuro, which I HATE to even put her through. It's not exactly down the street and she flips out when she has to go to the vet. Also, if her neuro exam is normal, or even not, what's the next step? It would be an MRI and as I said, affording that is an impossibility. I just do not have 2 grand. Even if somehow I did save up, if she did indeed have a tumor, the most I could do for her is offer palliative care. I couldn't put her through brain surgery and even if I chose to, again I would not have the funds. I just feel very powerless and defeated. I am going to talk to my vet when I go home about all the options. He said he might prescribe something for me to go pick up to try for her ears and then wait another couple weeks to recheck her. That's when we'd do the bloodwork as well too I guess. He's still saying she doesn't need it so I'm not sure what to do anymore.
I don't mean to go on and on about this so I apologize but it's just so hard dealing with this because it's not something I can easily pinpoint or diagnose, and be able to say, "well here's the meds" so I can make her better. I realize I might be headed in the direction of her seeing the neuro, which I HATE to even put her through. It's not exactly down the street and she flips out when she has to go to the vet. Also, if her neuro exam is normal, or even not, what's the next step? It would be an MRI and as I said, affording that is an impossibility. I just do not have 2 grand. Even if somehow I did save up, if she did indeed have a tumor, the most I could do for her is offer palliative care. I couldn't put her through brain surgery and even if I chose to, again I would not have the funds. I just feel very powerless and defeated. I am going to talk to my vet when I go home about all the options. He said he might prescribe something for me to go pick up to try for her ears and then wait another couple weeks to recheck her. That's when we'd do the bloodwork as well too I guess. He's still saying she doesn't need it so I'm not sure what to do anymore.