Sunny’s blood results came back in, and he’s perfectly healthy for everything they tested him for. This is great news since in the back of our minds, we’ve been nervous that he was suffering from FIP. But while it is great news, there’s still that cloud above us — what could possibly be causing Sunny to have seizures? We have an appointment with the neurologist to possibly rule out some brain activity.

He’s currently on Phenobarbital for his seizures. He’ll need blood work soon to make sure his body can handle the medication. The med has made him extra sleepy these last few days, but he’s slowly coming out of it. The other night he played all night long with his brother, Macky. Non-stop. They were so incredibly loud; I’m surprised the cops weren’t called on us. It’s a great feeling watching him become more and more normal and back to his old self.

We don’t want to keep Sunny on the phenobarbital for the rest of his life; we hope to eventually wean him off of it. I just hope that it helps him. If it can just make his seizures less dramatic and less painful for him, we would be very happy.

On our way home from Ohio on Sunday, we picked up our three kids (cats for those who don’t appreciate pets as your own kids) from my parents. We had dropped them off on Thursday night to stay the weekend. The boys didn’t really socialize and seemed a bit puzzled by their new, but temporary, surroundings. Mowie, on the other hand, acted like she was there all along.

When we got home and began to carry the kids up the stairs in their carriers, Sunny began to have a seizure. I quickly opened the carrier, at which point Macky went flying out. Poor little Sunny came slowly out of the carrier; shaking and paddling like crazy. He quickly found a corner in the hallway and shoved his head in there (he does this whenever he has a seizure). Within a couple seconds, his breathing turned somewhat normal and his body stopped shaking. But with a blink of an eye, Sunny went right back into another seizure.

We brought him immediately upstairs to our place to make sure he was okay. Unfortunately, he bit his tongue pretty badly again, so we opted to rush him to the emergency room. It turned out that the poor guy actually punctured his tongue and his tooth was sticking right through it. He’s now on antibiotics to help with the healing and making sure it doesn’t become infected.

The emergency vet kept him overnight to run a few tests that we haven’t done yet. We’re still waiting on those results. However, they did start him on seizure medication — something he’ll have to possibly take for the rest of his life.

We’re planning on taking Sunny to see a neurologist one of these days. Hopefully with the results of these new tests, and a few tests from the neurologist, we’ll be able to pinpoint why this all occurring.

Sunny is pretty much back to his normal self. He’s still a little confused and clumsy due to the medication, but that will fade away in a few weeks time. It’s so sad that this happens to our Sunny, but it’s certainly good to see that he bounces back relatively quickly.

Macky, on the other hand, is still a bit scared of his brother since the seizure (Macky was in the same carrier as him). He’ll growl and hiss whenever Sunny comes near, which is incredibly sad as parents. But his fear seems to be decreasing a bit and tonight was a huge improvement from last night. I’m sure after a couple days Macky will realize that Sunny is no threat and they’ll go back to being best buds.

Sunny, our big fluffy orange cat, had another episode last night where he appeared to have some form of convulsions.  He was shaking vigorously, unable to grip the floor with his claws, and breathing quite heavily.  I picked him up off the floor, put him on our bed, and his breathing calmed down.  At one point he shoved his head into our pillows (which was wicked cute).  As he emerged from the pillows, we began to rub his body for support and love.  He shortly thereafter began to breathe easily and we saw his fluffy tail move from side to side.

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