stefambrose
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- Feb 3, 2012
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I adopted Pearl back in January and took her to the vet to get fully checked out. She had a bit of an ear infection and her eyes were a mess. The vet fixed the ear problem with some solution, but this eye problem is driving me insane. Prior to my adopting, she apparently had the cherry eye tuck surgery twice which left one of her corneas scarred. Both eye lids are back out, but the vet that I was recommended to said that he did not want to do the surgery again on her because it wouldn't be successful....she doesn't seem to be in pain, so fine I'll let them be, BUT the problem is that the yellow mucus/puss will not go away! He prescribed me literally a cocktail of drugs that I am supposed to give her every day to maintain the mucus, which cost up to $200/month. I can't afford that. I was assuming maybe $1000 in vet bills/year but not up to $3000+ per year. I would maybe consider trying to figure how to afford the drugs, BUT after using them as prescribed for 4 months nothing got better! Why would I waste money on drugs that don't work? ...Problem is no matter how frequently I give her eye drops or medicine, the yellow mucus just won't stop. The ONLY time her eyes cleared up 100% was when she was on this steroid medicine for a staff infection...but shortly after those meds were done, her eyes went right back to being a mess. She doesn't seem unhappy or in pain, but she is much more skiddish with her eyes junked up because she can't see well. You could tell she was really excited the one time they actually did clear up
Any advice? Do you think it's just been really bad because of the season? Should I just keep giving her eye drops and see if it gets better in the fall/winter? ...I tending not to trust this vet anymore and quite honestly I can't afford to take her around to a million vets because they all charge too much to take a guess at a solution.
Any advice? Do you think it's just been really bad because of the season? Should I just keep giving her eye drops and see if it gets better in the fall/winter? ...I tending not to trust this vet anymore and quite honestly I can't afford to take her around to a million vets because they all charge too much to take a guess at a solution.