It has been a tough couple of weeks with my Pekingese, Kassie. Her eye popped out of the socket two weeks ago. I rushed her to the ER vet. They put the eye back and stitched her up. She was not eating well, and didn't seem like she was feeling well for a couple of days following them putting it back into the socket. One stitch pulled open and I rushed her back to the ER vet. (Of course none of this happens when our regular vet is open). Dove Lewis is a well known ER hospital though, so that is good.
The vet found it was very ulcerated (is that a word). She felt that the stitches were bothering her more and recommended we remove the eye. Which we did, after struggling with whether we should put her through all of the trying to save the eye when the percentage was well under 50%. When we were picking her up (at 2 am) they felt she wasn't seeing out of the other eye either. So, they kept her for a few more hours for observation. In the morning she still wasn't tracking with the right eye.
We then took her home (about 10 am Sunday morning) and took her to our regular vet. They started steroid drops and are watching her. We may have to take her to a specialist. It is not glaucoma, but ulcers that seemed to develop rather quickly (in my opinion). They do not feel she has any sight in the eye, but want to wait until the surgery is about 2 weeks out to refer her.
Kassie is doing great. I am wondering if she wasn't seeing that great to begin with, because she doesn't seem to be struggling at all. And, she is much happier, eating better etc, with the eye out. She isn't wild about the drops every 2 hours. Heck, it would bug me to be awakened for that too. I, on the other hand, am struggling with all of it. I am wondering why we didn't see sooner that there were problems. I know that you can't, and regular vet care is the best I could do, but somehow it still makes me feel crappy. I have heard that some pekes have their eyes pop out, but had never experienced it before. It was very scary, again I think more for me than for her.
When I get past the way I feel, I think that her life of sitting on the couch with me and running outside to go potty a few times a day, will not change much. She is still playful about once a day, as is standard for her.
The vet found it was very ulcerated (is that a word). She felt that the stitches were bothering her more and recommended we remove the eye. Which we did, after struggling with whether we should put her through all of the trying to save the eye when the percentage was well under 50%. When we were picking her up (at 2 am) they felt she wasn't seeing out of the other eye either. So, they kept her for a few more hours for observation. In the morning she still wasn't tracking with the right eye.
We then took her home (about 10 am Sunday morning) and took her to our regular vet. They started steroid drops and are watching her. We may have to take her to a specialist. It is not glaucoma, but ulcers that seemed to develop rather quickly (in my opinion). They do not feel she has any sight in the eye, but want to wait until the surgery is about 2 weeks out to refer her.
Kassie is doing great. I am wondering if she wasn't seeing that great to begin with, because she doesn't seem to be struggling at all. And, she is much happier, eating better etc, with the eye out. She isn't wild about the drops every 2 hours. Heck, it would bug me to be awakened for that too. I, on the other hand, am struggling with all of it. I am wondering why we didn't see sooner that there were problems. I know that you can't, and regular vet care is the best I could do, but somehow it still makes me feel crappy. I have heard that some pekes have their eyes pop out, but had never experienced it before. It was very scary, again I think more for me than for her.
When I get past the way I feel, I think that her life of sitting on the couch with me and running outside to go potty a few times a day, will not change much. She is still playful about once a day, as is standard for her.
I must be making progress, because I have been struggling talking about her. I really wanted to write about what happened with her though.
This morning, after Mike gave her the morning medicines, she jumped off the couch and came back upstairs to bed! Here is hoping that she is on the road to recovery.
1 comment:
I'm sorry things have been so tough for you and your dog. I hope she's back to normal soon. It sounds like it's been a "when it rains it pours" few months for you. I hope it's smooth sailing from here on out! You deserve the best.
Heather P. (your downline)
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