My 2.5 year old shep/pit mix started having seizures in June. Nothing for a couple of months the started back up in August, at that time she was put on Phenobarbital and was ok for a couple of weeks then had cluster seizures and was sent to the Neurologost. Who performed an MRI and Spinal tab. All to come back negative. He then put her on Zonisamide with the Pheno. 2 weeks later she lymphnodes were swollen so I took her back to the Neurologist and they lowered her dosage of the Zonisamide. Her blood levels were a little low also. Now she as a very low red and white blood count and her platelets have dropped enormously. They took her off the Zonisamide and put her on Keppra, and two antibiotics, fluids and everyday vet care. Now I get a call that her spleen is enlarged and I am doing research. I found where Phenobarbital and Keppra can cause this. What do I do, my poor dog is suffering and I am going broke. Im thinking to get her off the phenobarbital, that that dug may be the cause of it all. She is still stumbling and urinating in her sleep, ever since starting the pheno.
Phenobarbatol and bonemarrow/spleen issues
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My 2.5 year old shep/pit mix started having seizures in June. Nothing for a couple of months the started back up in August, at that time she was put on Phenobarbital and was ok for a couple of weeks then had cluster seizures and was sent to the Neurologost. Who performed an MRI and Spinal tab. All to come back negative. He then put her on Zonisamide with the Pheno. 2 weeks later she lymphnodes were swollen so I took her back to the Neurologist and they lowered her dosage of the Zonisamide. Her blood levels were a little low also. Now she as a very low red and white blood count and her platelets have dropped enormously. They took her off the Zonisamide and put her on Keppra, and two antibiotics, fluids and everyday vet care. Now I get a call that her spleen is enlarged and I am doing research. I found where Phenobarbital and Keppra can cause this. What do I do, my poor dog is suffering and I am going broke. Im thinking to get her off the phenobarbital, that that dug may be the cause of it all. She is still stumbling and urinating in her sleep, ever since starting the pheno.