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wraithfodderIf only this were a Halloween contact lens. Alas, it is not. Poor pooch...
Came home from work yesterday and family member spotted a glint in the dog's eye. Once we shone a light into eye, we saw it was blood red. An intraocular hemorrhage. ARGH!!! He'd bumped smack into my brother's knee, so we were worried about eye trauma. Luckily there is a 24-hour emergency vet clinic (the kind that depletes your checking account).
So we went down, got into the triage pattern as for some unfathomable reason, everybody was bringing in their pets for some problem or another. They examined the poor dog and could not find any sign of trauma, but nor did they find any scratches on the eye. They also could not see into the eye to see what was going on - this may eventually require an ultrasound. So we ended up with drops and sent home, with recommendation to see vet today.
Which we did. I dropped him off in the morning, visited him at lunch and finally got him back at end of day. For a while there I was worried he might be kept overnight, which would mean something awful.
Alas, the blood in eye does not seem to be trauma. It may be the result of his newly discovered high blood pressure (I had no idea dogs could get that, but they can) or, it might be result of infection from wretched tick-borne (die! ticks! die!) anaplasmosis (http://www.critterology.com/canine_anaplasmosis-203.html) which he'd gotten a couple months ago, which either did not get eradicated by month-long treatment, or was re-infected by another tick (and oh yes, in the gruesome department, we found a horrid black patch under his collar of white fur and a dead-as-a-doornail petrified tick embedded in his neck). Fortunately the was the fur was shaved off it all looked okay.
But, after spending $$$ (wow, I could have bought a laptop, seriously, whine) he's on antibiotics, antibiotic eyedrops, anti-nauseau meds and blood pressure medicine, and back to stricter diets and times so I have to wake up early every day no matter what, and stay up till certain times no matter what.
We have no idea if the bleeding in his eye will resolve. Right now he's effectively blind in that one eye, but it doesn't seem to bother him, but it will impinge his lifestlye (aka he can no longer sit outside for hours at a time watching the scenery because, well, he'll never see the coyote that could sneak up on him). The good thing is that the vet says his retina is still receptive (she did a test). He also has to go back in a week for more tests as there were protein concerns with his kidneys.
Fingers are crossed he'll pull through this okay and get his vision, or at least some of the vision, back in his eyes, and that the high blood pressure can be managed.
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:10 am (UTC)Hope he gets better and soon! Not that it's any real consolation, but dogs off breeds that were originally working breeds cope well with limited eyesight. Our Sophie had really bad cataracts but you wouldn't have known as she never seemed to have problems seeing at all.
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:18 am (UTC)He's beautiful though. That second picture is excellent.
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:37 am (UTC)Hugs for him and you too.
He is lucky to have a mommy who makes sure he gets the help he needs
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:51 am (UTC)I hope the high blood pressure gets under control and he does regain sight in that eye.
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-10-22 02:17 am (UTC)Having had numerous pets and lots of vet bills in my life...I can certainly empathize with you. But we spend it anyway, because we love them and wouldn't do anything else.
Let us know how he does. Sending Beckett to help!
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Date: 2010-10-22 07:45 am (UTC)I really hope he gets better soon.
*hugs to you both*
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Date: 2010-10-22 07:17 pm (UTC)I hope he'll get well soon. For his own sake and for your bank balance!
Funny how we'll sacrifice everything for ourselves just to make sure they are okay.
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