Thanks, Wino! I'll get her heart checked out Monday. I remember you putting Chance down. Condolences again. I'm sure it still feels like yesterday. I got my mattress on the floor! (LOL) They both, Lilly and Fritz, lay on it with me or without me. Kind of crowded at times. Most of the time Lilly, when it gets too crowded, hops into the recliner. Fritz has an enlarged heart and congestive heart failure, so I give him 60mg of CoQ10 (which is big in Japan for chf), and I give the same dose to Lilly just as a preventive. CoQ10 energizes the heart muscle among other things. CoQ10 is big in Japan for CHF.
I tried stopping the phenol for the last couple of days, but she started going into a seizure state this morning. She didn't want to eat, and wouldn't lick the honey out of the bowl. I squirted the honey down her throat, and then had to give her the phenol, 50mg. The paws started twitching, like mild electric shocks, and then the head. She was already disoriented, mildly, but was headed for trouble. Half hour later she was normal.

Thanks again Wino! I'll have her heart checked out Monday. I'm taking her in for a blood test.

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Xico, Sorry to hear about Lilly. She is almost a split image of my Chance. The symptoms you listed sounds exactly like Chance and his was caused by an enlarged heart which, when he lay a certain way cut off his oxygen and he would convulse. This cause severe weakness in his hind quarters and he had trouble getting up and could no longer jump upon the bed, sofa, chair. Since he weighed almost 100 lbs. I couldn't lift him (bad back) so bought an air mattress and he and I slept on it/floor for several months until I finally had to put him down as he lost control of his body functions and had trouble standing - he was 11.

Normal brain seizure is helped by the phenol, but these generally are acompanied by losing control of urine and stool while on going. Upon ending, the animal is disoriented, but generally hasn't lost body movement and once back to normal it's as if nothing had happened (I've gone thru this for years with two of my female boxers).

In any case, I wish you the best and hope all turns out OK for Lilly, but would suggest Xrays re her heart just to be sure