My 16 Year old cat had a seizure this morning.

I'm really sorry this happened.  I can't give any advice on what's going on.  But, I have to ask, so your vet is out sick so that's it, the clients are out of luck??  I just can't fathom that.

He's overworked in a town of 1,200 people, coming in yesterday may have sent his entire staff home the next day.  In 7 years this is a first, I could have taken her to the next town but I'd rather go to the vet that knows her history.  I plan to take her back in next week, my rational side eventually kicked in, I realize the seizure itself is probably just a symptom of another problem which I wasn't going to get an answer to yesterday.  I am mentally exhausted and plan to spend a lot of quality time with my cat this weekend and hopefully will have more information to give the vet when I do see him.
 

I'm sorry this happened... I hope your cat feels better and the vet make a good check of everything. Keep us posted!

She has an appointment with the vet in the morning. She seems to be feeling better and getting a little more enthusiastic about eating.  For a couple of days she had almost no interest in eating.  By my best estimates with my home scale she's lost about a half pound, totaling a whole pound in 2 years. Not quick weight loss but she's always been right at 8lbs give or take a couple of ounces.  I hope nothing serious is wrong but if I'm not that lucky I still want to know. 

 Thanks everyone for your concern.
 

 We're back from the vet.  He didn't like the sound of her heart and suspects thyroid problems.  It took a vet tech and 2 vets to get blood out of her. They are gonna have the thyroid tested first and if that comes back normal have complete blood work done.  So now I get to wait.

I'll be here waiting for the results. I hope they find the problem and give you the treatment. What's the name of your cat?

Maybe she got into something? If her blood tests were fine then I really am not sure what it could be. Unless she has some neurological problem? My last dog had a seizure when we woke up one morning. He was walking around acting really weird, then all of a sudden he fell down into a seizure and lost all his bowels. It went on for maybe a minute and then we rushed him to the vet. His blood tests came out fine too, so we think it was because that whole week we were giving him human advil. Even though the vet "claims" that couldn't of done it, I did a lot of research and proved to her that it actually could! He never had one again after that one time.

There's a pretty good chance that this could be her only one, but you just have to wait. I know how scary it is, but there's really nothing you can do. I would dread waking up every morning or even letting him sleep in my room because I was always afraid I would wake up to it again. The good news is, they do have seizure prevention medicine but they will only give it to her if she has another one. I wish your kitty all the best and hope she gets better!

Her name is Glupy.  I should have the results some time next week.   

Hi Agave, how is Glupy doing?

She seems to be doing a lot better, sleeps a lot either in my lap, desk chair or the dog's bed (that annoys him). I'm still waiting for the bloodwork results, I plan to pester the vet in the morning and see if they have the results
yet.

I think you receive the results already. I hope Glupy is doing fine now.

My cats say hi!

All of her bloodwork has come back normal so far, I'm taking her in tomorrow for a glucose test to rule out diabetes.  The vet is still thinking hyperthyroid.  It's really frustrating not having a definite answer.  I may end up having to take her to the vet school.

I'm so sorry I missed this thread earlier.  There can be several underlying or Primary illnesses that lead to Secondary seizure/eplilepsy when seizing activity suddenly happens in an elderly cat.  Many of them can be much more easily managed than Primary or idiopathic eplilepsy, especially when it occurs in a young cat.

With my Iggy, we were having trouble diagnosing and I looked to Yahoo's Epi-Cat group for help.  One of the symptoms I mentioned caused another member to ask if I had had his blood pressure checked.  This is not a cause most vets will look to immediately - Thyroid, Diabetes or other endocrine related illnesses are more common.  But a cat Glupy's age could have high blood pressure (and the heart sounds sounds or a heart murmur could be related to that).  I had noticed Iggy's eyes seeming to stay dialated after the seizure and it was this that someone commented on and thought of BP.  I asked my vet and they agreed quickly at that possibility and it was easy to confirm and has been wonderfully easy to treat.  Iggy has been seizure free for more than 2 years since starting on Norvasc.

It's not the most common underlying cause, but should be checked on!  I hope you are able to control Glupy's seizures - it's so hard to watch them go through that. 

I talked to the vet today we are going to try one more blood test, for pancreatitis. We aren't doing it 'till the 25th because I will be driving by the vet school that day and can deliver to the lab instead on depending on the mail. 

I have been giving her Zuke's Hip Action treats every day, it's the only food she's never snubbed. She seems to be feeling a little better over all, but still nibbling at her food and sleeping all the time.  She hasn't had any more seizures but there have been a couple of times she looked like she was having a little balance problem.   

Knowing something is not right and not being able to figure it out is driving me nuts.  The timing of all this couldn't be worse, trying to prepare for a baby while dealing with the problems of a geriatric cat is a odd mix.