[LuvTaycieGirl]

About a month ago I took Taycie in to our general vet for some thick white discharge. She prescribed Neo/Poly dex drops and that was that.

We did the drops but I was not liking the look of her eyes.. It was working.. but she still get nasty discharge from time to time. Eyes are something I don't want to mess with. I decided to follow my gut and have an Ophthalmologist give us a second look. She did a tear test first. At her ripe old age of 3 she should be in the 30 range. She is only at 18. She is being diagnosed for borderline dry eye. She then put a Florescent Stain in her eye and did the exam.

Along with dry eye and and exam she has swollen eyelids. She diagnosed her Blepharitis. She explained Blepharitis to be very itchy just like a child scratching a mosquito bite which can make it more inflamed and itchy.
She also has Mineralized Kertophathy in her right eye which is Mineral deposits on the cornea. This will not effect her vision at all but it does also make things itchy. Unfortunately it isn't reversible. To the naked eye, I can't see anything. She currently is on a steroid ointment for the inflammation and drops to help stimulate better tear production. We follow this regimen for 4 weeks and she will go back in for a recheck..

If things don't look better she is sending us to a Vet Derm.. because she said this is caused due to seasonal allergies.

So glad I got my girl in. I am loving the quality of care specialty hospitals offer. Hoping she will get some relief soon. Can't imagine how itchy she must be.