08/28/2026
 Buzz is okay and alive. ❤️ He’s had two seizures today, and he needs prayers. You’re welcome to look at our last three videos. The second-to-last video tells his story from when we got him at only a couple weeks old. 🥹🐾
We have him secluded in his own area for safety. As the last seizure he fell off the bed. 😭 and Bocephus wouldn’t leave him alone and I had to hold him back. You couldn’t see that in my last video it was really traumatizing. You’re also not supposed to touch a cat during a seizure. Can make it worse. 🥹
We still do NOT know what is going on. We’re going back to the vet tomorrow to run more tests and hopefully get closer to finding a cause.
When we brought him to the vet this morning, we didn’t know he was having seizures. We woke up to him howling, drooling and having neurological symptoms. We just knew something was very wrong.
Today he has had two seizures that we’ve seen and caught on camera. He has also been walking abnormally, which we believe may be related to the seizures. His temperature was elevated, but not high enough to technically be a fever, and the vet said he was not dehydrated.
The vet started him on gabapentin and amoxicillin drops this morning. Tomorrow we’ll do more testing because there are multiple possibilities, and I don’t want to jump to conclusions.
I’m already seeing uneducated comments and fearmongering about vaccines, and that will not be tolerated.
Buzz was neutered and received his third FVRCP vaccine and his rabies vaccine on Monday. Could something related to his vaccines, surgery, anesthesia or medications be involved? Of course. But it could also be MANY other things. Until we do more testing, I’m not pointing to anything specific.
First off, we are a nonprofit animal rescue. We have a lot of animals come in and out of our rescue, many of them sick. Rabies vaccination is also required by law, and I will always vaccinate against FVRCP and similar preventable diseases even when something isn’t legally required.
Believe it or not, I myself wasn’t vaccinated as a child because of the fear that vaccines would give me autism.
Guess who still has autism? 🙋♀️😂
Yes, adverse reactions to vaccines, medications and surgery can happen. I think it’s important to educate yourself about those risks and be transparent when something happens.
But I’ve worked with hundreds, if not thousands, of cats, and I have never personally seen anything like what is happening to Buzz following vaccination.
Do you know what I HAVE seen?
I’ve seen kittens and cats die because they were NOT vaccinated. So many of them. 😭 I’ve watched animals suffer horribly from diseases they may never have contracted, or may have been much better protected against, if they had been properly vaccinated.
I’ve also seen spay surgeries save lives by preventing things like pyometra and reducing the risk of certain cancers.
These diseases are very real, and many are far more common than severe vaccine reactions. When you work with animals every single day and see these diseases firsthand, you understand why prevention matters.
So while I hate life right now, my heart is shattered, and I know a vaccine reaction may be one possibility for Buzz, I’m going to think realistically—not emotionally.
I’m not going to make medical decisions based on scary videos that go viral or fearmongering from people who don’t work in veterinary medicine or study these things. I’m going to listen to veterinary professionals, research and science.
There are risks with vaccines. There are risks with surgery. There are risks with medications. There’s a risk every time you drive your car, go swimming or take a Tylenol. Nothing in life is completely without risk.
What matters is understanding the risks AND the benefits.
And regardless of what we ultimately find out caused this, I’m going to be open and honest about Buzz’s story. I think full transparency is important.
That’s who I am. 🥹🐾
Please keep our little Buzz in your prayers tonight. ❤️
