Emma has pink-eye! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Suzy · 03-17-2008, 09:27 AM

It's a cruddy, rainy day here, and we just got back from the vet. Emma's eye looked a little red yesterday, and we noticed she was scratching it, but then it looked better so we thought it was just irritated. Today, she woke up from a nap, and her eye was swollen and crusted almost shut

I called and took her straight to the vet (good thing I'm off work today!), and they got us right in-one more reason I love the new vet!

The vet said it started as an eye infection, and then since it itched, her eye is red and a little scratched around the outside of her eye. They gave us eye drops and antibiotic pills-and said I could use both on Milli if she started having the same symptoms too. I thought that was nice-they won't make me pay for another vet visit like our other clinics did. I'm worried Milli's going to get it too, DH said she was so worried while we were gone, sitting by the door and whining, and looking all over the house for us.

Milli loves her fursister so much-she was checking Emma over to make sure she was ok right when we got home.

4doggiemama · 03-17-2008, 09:49 AM

Get Well, Emma.

That pinkeye just has to keep making the rounds--animals, students, adults.

Eons ago

when I was growing up, our cats would get it, and in no time us kids would have it. Luckily current meds help clear it up in a short fashion.

vanessa19 · 03-17-2008, 09:49 AM

aww, I will keep Emma in my thoughts for her eye to get better soon! good thing you were off today to take her to the vet!

autumn star · 03-17-2008, 10:45 AM

Oh Emma, I hope your eye feels better real soon!

ARCHIE · 03-17-2008, 10:47 AM

Awwww poor Emma. Feel better soon sweetie.

marcerella02 · 03-17-2008, 11:58 AM

Oh Emma.. feel better soon bella. I had NO idea that dogs could get pink eye Did the vet say how she could have gotten it?

a2luckygirl · 03-17-2008, 12:22 PM

Emma, hope your eye is better really soon!
How sweet Milli was worried about her sissy!!

Suzy · 03-17-2008, 02:30 PM

Emma says thank you everyone! She is resting with DH right now...I think the meds make her a little tired.

On top of that, Milli has diarrhea

I think it's due to the pizza crust DH fed them yesterday even after I told him not to-that grease is just hard on Milli's tummy. Emma has a tummy of steel and could eat anything, just like my DH, LOL, but Milli's more sensitive. I told him next time if he feeds her something and I tell him not to, HE can clean up runny poops at 4, 6, and 8 AM!

She's acting normal, and eating and drinking ok, so I think she'll be fine. Her last poop was not as solid as normal, but better than before. I fed them both steamed fish, brown rice, and green beans for dinner hoping a bland meal would be good for both of them.

Suzy · 03-17-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by marcerella02

Oh Emma.. feel better soon bella. I had NO idea that dogs could get pink eye Did the vet say how she could have gotten it?

I didn't know that either...Emma got something like this as a puppy too-they said it was due to allergies. This was a different vet, but at the same clinic-turns out it's a husband and wife team of vets

She was wonderful, just like her husband was on Wednesday...Anyway, she told us that it most likely started as a simple small eye infection that probably would have gone away on its own, but it itched, so Emma scratched, making it spread and swell worse, therefore it itches worse and now the area around her eye is infected

We keep wiping off her eye because the gunk keeps building up. Yucky, and I bet it hurts her too

We have to put drops in 3 more times today-the vet wanted us to really get that antibiotic in there to get it cleaned out and Emma feeling better.

romeos mommy · 03-17-2008, 02:37 PM

i hope she gets well soon.

yorkiesmiles · 03-17-2008, 07:36 PM

Poor Emma! So glad you have a new vet you like. Hopefully the medicine works!

Tell Milli to stay away from her Dad and his treats

- I'm surprised you didn't kick him put of bed to clean up the mess

You were off on St. Patty's day - is your boss Irish

Hope tomorrow is much better! - silly me I was thinking that tomorrow was St. Urho's Day - but that was Sunday - I should have worn purple

Judy in Waco · 03-17-2008, 08:51 PM

Poor Emma, I'm so sorry.

Get well soon.

03-17-2008, 09:27 AM	#1
Suzy 2 Pups=Double Trouble! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,581	Emma has pink-eye! It's a cruddy, rainy day here, and we just got back from the vet. Emma's eye looked a little red yesterday, and we noticed she was scratching it, but then it looked better so we thought it was just irritated. Today, she woke up from a nap, and her eye was swollen and crusted almost shut I called and took her straight to the vet (good thing I'm off work today!), and they got us right in-one more reason I love the new vet! The vet said it started as an eye infection, and then since it itched, her eye is red and a little scratched around the outside of her eye. They gave us eye drops and antibiotic pills-and said I could use both on Milli if she started having the same symptoms too. I thought that was nice-they won't make me pay for another vet visit like our other clinics did. I'm worried Milli's going to get it too, DH said she was so worried while we were gone, sitting by the door and whining, and looking all over the house for us. Milli loves her fursister so much-she was checking Emma over to make sure she was ok right when we got home. __________________ Suzy Emma & Milli What's better than loving a yorkie? Loving two yorkies! Milli 's Remi!

03-17-2008, 09:49 AM	#2
4doggiemama Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS Posts: 3,289	Get Well, Emma. That pinkeye just has to keep making the rounds--animals, students, adults. Eons ago when I was growing up, our cats would get it, and in no time us kids would have it. Luckily current meds help clear it up in a short fashion. __________________ Joanne Eli ChipperEva Snowboy Rosie(R.I.P. 1996-July 29, 2013) Cocoa(R.I.P 1998-April 26, 2012):

03-17-2008, 09:49 AM	#3
vanessa19 YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ft. Myers Florida Posts: 343	aww, I will keep Emma in my thoughts for her eye to get better soon! good thing you were off today to take her to the vet! __________________ Vanessa, Princess Jasmine and Princess BellaR.I.P. Nutmeg and Tinkerbell, you will always be loved and never forgottenl

03-17-2008, 10:45 AM	#4
autumn star Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Long Island Posts: 6,095	Oh Emma, I hope your eye feels better real soon! __________________ *PROUD MOM OF (SKIN KIDS) LEXI & HUNTER AND (FUR KIDS) AUTUMN, BLAZE & CHANCE (OUR RESCUE)*

03-17-2008, 11:58 AM	#6
marcerella02 Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 11,257	Oh Emma.. feel better soon bella. I had NO idea that dogs could get pink eye Did the vet say how she could have gotten it? __________________ http://misscanam.blogspot.com/ Layla 's Simon

03-17-2008, 10:47 AM	#5
ARCHIE No Longer A Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 16,218	Awwww poor Emma. Feel better soon sweetie.

03-17-2008, 12:22 PM	#7
a2luckygirl YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: HASTINGS, NE- 4 NOW!!! Posts: 2,208	Emma, hope your eye is better really soon! How sweet Milli was worried about her sissy!! __________________ :I PLAYING....THE BANJO........ AND KISSING MY MOMMY:kiss3

03-17-2008, 02:30 PM	#8
Suzy 2 Pups=Double Trouble! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,581	Emma says thank you everyone! She is resting with DH right now...I think the meds make her a little tired. On top of that, Milli has diarrhea I think it's due to the pizza crust DH fed them yesterday even after I told him not to-that grease is just hard on Milli's tummy. Emma has a tummy of steel and could eat anything, just like my DH, LOL, but Milli's more sensitive. I told him next time if he feeds her something and I tell him not to, HE can clean up runny poops at 4, 6, and 8 AM! She's acting normal, and eating and drinking ok, so I think she'll be fine. Her last poop was not as solid as normal, but better than before. I fed them both steamed fish, brown rice, and green beans for dinner hoping a bland meal would be good for both of them. __________________ Suzy Emma & Milli What's better than loving a yorkie? Loving two yorkies! Milli 's Remi!

03-17-2008, 02:37 PM	#10
romeos mommy YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ Posts: 4,068	i hope she gets well soon. __________________ Bernadette & Romeo

03-17-2008, 07:36 PM	#11
yorkiesmiles Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,493	Poor Emma! So glad you have a new vet you like. Hopefully the medicine works! Tell Milli to stay away from her Dad and his treats - I'm surprised you didn't kick him put of bed to clean up the mess You were off on St. Patty's day - is your boss Irish Hope tomorrow is much better! - silly me I was thinking that tomorrow was St. Urho's Day - but that was Sunday - I should have worn purple __________________ yorkiesmiles Loved by Bubba & Roxy *Holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come*

03-17-2008, 08:51 PM	#12
Judy in Waco Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas Posts: 8,477	Poor Emma, I'm so sorry. Get well soon. __________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12)