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Originally Posted by simonandhallie  I thought he had allergies and today when we woke up his eye was swollen so I took him to the vet this afternoon. He has a bad corneal ulceration and I feel horrible! The vet said it was still superficial and should heal with medication. He also said he was glad I didn't wait any longer.
I have to give him an antibiotic ointment once a day and antibiotic drops every hour until I go to work tomorrow then when I come home for lunch then every hour until I work on Wed. This goes on until we go back to the vet Thursday afternoon. He also had to have all the hair shaved from around his eye and has to wear a cone if he starts to mess with his eye.
I feel so bad, I really didn't think it would be this bad. I thought it was watery and itchy just from allergies. I feel like a bad mom~I'm going to try to take tomorrow afternoon off work too so I can be home. |
I had the same thing happen to one of my dogs his corneal was scratched and I thought he just got something in his eye. The next day it was swollen shut. I did drops three times a day and with drops and meds he was as good as new. He also got pain meds as the vet said it could hurt. No lasting problems. This was about three months ago. It can happen to anyone and doesn't make you a bad mom. I'm sure he will be fine.