Lola has always had some tearing out of both her eyes, like we've all dealt with. Her left eye has always had more than her right, but never to the point of being a problem. Every single day we have the same old routine of cleaning her eyes, combing away the gunk, and making sure all the hair is up in her topknot.
Well, on Saturday, after about two days of of her left eye watering more than usual, I was having hubby hold her while I cleaned her face. She was facing the window, so the light was shining right into her eyes, and I noticed her left eye was turning blue!
I freaked out, because it looked a lot like my old cocker's eyes when she looks into the light (she has bad cataracts). I know her eye wasn't like that the day before. Hubby said it looked just like when cattle get pinkeye. I got right on the phone to the vet and they said they didn't have any appointments open but to come in right away anyway because they don't delay when it comes to eye problems. They did a stain thing on her eye and found that there's a small ulcer there, most likely from a hair or something getting into her eye and scratching the cornea. The blue is from all the cells that go to that area to try and fight the infection.
So, I have to give her two different medicines in her eye three times a day for a week, and if that doesn't help they'll have to sedate her and look under her eyelids to see if there are any eyelashes that are grown in the wrong way or anything else that might have caused it.
I just hope these meds work and clear it up, because the thought of sedating her freaks me out. The vet said that the blue will eventually go away as her eye heals. Please keep Lola in your thoughts!