1Chumly
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- Feb 19, 2015
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- From England
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- Buster 2013-2023 Monty 6/2010 - 1/2020 Chumly 2002-2014
A bit of background. 4 days after we got Buster (7 weeks ago) we had entropion surgery done on his right eye. His eye was scarred and a mess. That is all healed up but his eye still looked very red and inflamed and his eye ointment wasn't helping. On Friday, I made an appointment at a pet Ophthalmologist for this afternoon.
On Friday afternoon. he and Barney (my dachshund) had a little play, and it's always little as Barney is your basic coward and chickens out fast, then Buster tried to hump him. I yelled at Buster to stop as Barney gets most upset and Buster stopped, but, he then hung his head and kind of staggered, held his head at an odd angle and wouldn't open his eyes. I called him, he came over but would not open his eyes and staggered a bit more. My first thought was a seizure of some sort because of the staggering as I have been there with a previous dog. Anyway, I loaded him into the car immediately and took him to our local vet. They checked him and were concerned about the eye as it was obviously causing the pain. They gave me some pain meds until our appointment today but as the vet was leading him out the door, he walked into the door jamb, hit that eye at exactly the wrong spot and ruptured it. I think at the outset, when he was playing, he hit his eye on the coffee table which was why he would not open them, then at the vet's when he walked into the door jamb, that was the final straw. She called an ophthalmologist straight away, described it all and was told either he needs surgery now or he will lose the eye. By this time it was after hours so they agreed to meet me at their office and we would go from there. Fast forward, he had perforated his cornea (where that scarring was) and they did a Conjunctival Graft. Don't even ask how much that cost!
Our poor Buster! He is being a real trooper. Pain meds, 2 different eye drops 4 x a day and the cone of shame for 3 weeks. His eye looks absolutely dreadful but he will have his eye and some sight all being well.
Friday was also my husbands first day of retirement. What a great start!!
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On Friday afternoon. he and Barney (my dachshund) had a little play, and it's always little as Barney is your basic coward and chickens out fast, then Buster tried to hump him. I yelled at Buster to stop as Barney gets most upset and Buster stopped, but, he then hung his head and kind of staggered, held his head at an odd angle and wouldn't open his eyes. I called him, he came over but would not open his eyes and staggered a bit more. My first thought was a seizure of some sort because of the staggering as I have been there with a previous dog. Anyway, I loaded him into the car immediately and took him to our local vet. They checked him and were concerned about the eye as it was obviously causing the pain. They gave me some pain meds until our appointment today but as the vet was leading him out the door, he walked into the door jamb, hit that eye at exactly the wrong spot and ruptured it. I think at the outset, when he was playing, he hit his eye on the coffee table which was why he would not open them, then at the vet's when he walked into the door jamb, that was the final straw. She called an ophthalmologist straight away, described it all and was told either he needs surgery now or he will lose the eye. By this time it was after hours so they agreed to meet me at their office and we would go from there. Fast forward, he had perforated his cornea (where that scarring was) and they did a Conjunctival Graft. Don't even ask how much that cost!
Our poor Buster! He is being a real trooper. Pain meds, 2 different eye drops 4 x a day and the cone of shame for 3 weeks. His eye looks absolutely dreadful but he will have his eye and some sight all being well.
Friday was also my husbands first day of retirement. What a great start!!
Is anyone else have problems with this site today?
