Originally Posted by asudevil83

some decently good news:

our family made the decision to take him to the vet this afternoon to have him put down. that was probably THE saddest thing i've had to do in a VERY VERY long time. i was doing pretty bad, but i felt much better thinking that we had done what was best.

so my parents took him to the vet, and just called. it turns out that he didnt have a stroke at all, but instead a SEVERE ear infection which brought upon vertigo. it does make sense though. he's got the side to side movement of one of his eyes, and absolutely no balance.

i'm somewhat happier, and hope that this clears up sooner rather than later. i was told that it might take a long time or not at all considering his age (15). the crazy thing is that was completely fine at around noon when i came home to visit my parents. then, about 3 hours later, after a trip to Costco, we came home to find him the way he is. that's why we figured he had had a stroke or a seizure of some sort.