Possible stroke / seizure?

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leannaxo

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Last night my chin was out playing while my boyfriend and I were watching TV on the computer. He kind of dived in between us and hit his head on the computer, not very hard.

He lifted his head with his eyes closed and showed his teeth, while kind of turning really slow for maybe 20-30 seconds, had a mini kind of freak out where he kicked his legs a little, and then went back to normal..

Is this possibly a stroke or seizure? I brought him to the vet about two months ago and she said he was completely healthy, and I'm going to bring him back again but I just wanted other opinions first as to what you may think it is!
 
Stroke is typically a blood clot or brain bleeding with persisting effects and wouldn't show up right away. seizure is uncontrolled electrical/chemical brain activity, which I supose is not out of the realm of possiblilty. My guess is it hurt really bad and he was reacting to the pain. I think having the vet look at him is a good idea, if it hurt that much he might have some trauma to the area.
 
My chin had five seizures in one day five days after I bought him, it turned out he was severely underweight when I bought him and that's why he had the seizures. The vet I took him to ruled out other neurological issues because he stopped having them and responded normally to stimuli during his vet visit. I would take him to a vet just to be on the safe side, but that's just me.
 
It sounds like her really whacked his head hard. A blow like that can cause a seizure due to possible brain injury. I would have him checked by the vet.
 
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