Gracie has something stuck in her eye!!! :(
 

ok so last night I noticed that there was something in Gracies eye... my hubby just said "dont worry about it... it will come out on its own.." well so I woke up today and Gracie was just whining and not being herself... :( so I called her vet and told them what Gracie was doing... they said that they thought it could be her back was hurting her... but that they couldnt get her in until tomorrow morning... but they would have some pain meds I could pick up for her... they did mention that I could take her to a vet er... so I got off the phone with them... just kept looking at Gracie... and noticed that she wouldnt open the eye that I had saw something in last night... and she just looked like she was going down hill...:( so I called her vet back and said that I couldnt wait until tomorrow... and I asked for the address for the Vet er... so my hubby came home and we took her to the vet er... they said that she had something on her eye... or stuck in her eye or something... so the vet gave me antibiotics like a gel to put in her eye 3 times a day. and he said if she didnt start looking better by next week to take her into the dog eye doctor... :( I feel AWEFULL!!! I just wish I could make it all better... :( I dont know how it happened... but now she wont eat... or drink... I just feel AWEFULL!!!

Hugs to Gracie and hope that her eye is better soon,

Thank you!!! I will give her PLENTY of hugs and KISSES!!!:p

They have saline wash for eyes...wondering why the vet didn't flush out her eyes...so vague is their diagnosis. I'd be going bonkers...lots of hugs & kisses for little Gracie, hope she feels better soon.

Jessica, I am so very sorry that Gracie has an eye booboo. They are so very painful. I'll keep both of you in my thoughts and prayers.....

When Emmitt was a pup he scratched his eye. Dr. Amy prescribed an antibiotic eye ointment three times a day for a 4 days and then twice a day for 6 days. He healed up perfectly.

get some saline sol. to wash her eye out ever so often, that should help her eye. Hope she gets better soon.:(

Poor Gracie! I'm so sorry she's having a problem with her eye and that has to be so painful. It is strange that they didn't flush the eye. Did the vet say if it actually was something in it or was it a cut? My daughter's puppy once got something in his eye that cut his eye. We tried the eye stuff for a couple of days and then were to take him back in. The vet kept him and put him under to flush out the eye and get a good look. His cut was pretty deep, so they stitched the eyelids together and about a week later, they took out the stitches and his eye was healed. We still had to put drops in a few times a day while he had it stitched shut.

Maybe you should keep that appointment with your regular vet for tomorrow and get a second opinion. I feel so bad for you and little Gracie. Hugs to you!

Hey Jessica,
I'm going to post here so I can follow the updates, that way you don't have to PM me update too ;) Hope Gracie is feeling better soon! I'll get her toy that she left her out in the mail :) Lots of hugs from Bailey and I xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I forgot to add that if you need to talk to anyone my phone is always open. Feel free to call or text! :)

Aw, poor baby :(! Eye stuff hurts, indeed. Has it been windy there, like here in AZ? If so, it's so dang easy for something to blow into the eye and either scratch the cornea or get stuck in the eye. Some eye ointment also has pain med in it - did he give you that?

Keep us posted and I hope she feels better soon! It's just awful watching our babies in pain, I know. Hang in there.

so let me elaborate on what the vet did... ok so we got in there he put this dye in her eye and looked at her eye under a black light and he said that whatever it was was on the cornea... then he flushed her eye out with some type of fluid I dont know if it had antibiotics in it or not... but then he gave me some Neomycin and polymyxinB sulfates and Bacitracin Zinc Ophthalmic ointment usp... if that makes any sense at all to any of you... I am to put it in her eye 3 times a day and if she seems like shes not getting better Im suppose to take her into a ophthalmologist for dogs... because he said that they have almost like microscope equipment so they can see what is in there... so I took some pics of Gracie's eye... I couldnt get a real good pic of it... because I didnt want to bug her too much... the thing in her eye looks like a small tiny silver circle... thank you all for your concern love, and Prayers!!
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I forgot to add... that it hasnt been to windy here... and she hasnt been outside very much... just to go potty since Ive been sick...:( but I feel like this is my fault...:(

Oh Jessica don't feel like it's your fault! Poor little Gracie. I'll bet she's feeling better in no time. Let me know if you need anything!

Poor Gracie, Give her hugs and kisses from us. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
Hang in there. It is not your fault. Cozmo had this happen to him also, after about 4 days or so it got better

oh, poor Gracie, she doesn't look herself at all. Don't blame yourself! Keep us updated!

Is this a scratch or something? Poor little Gracie:( I hope the meds work. Can she open her eye? how is she with allowing you plaicing the medication in her eye? Many thoughts and prayers going out to Gracie. :aimeeyork

Did the vet stain the eye to see what it was - or just assess it and give the meds? Most vets will stain the eye to see if the cornea is actually scratched and/or if something is lodged. If something is lodged, they need to get it out of there.

This is not your fault, Jessica, don't beat yourself up; these things happen and you'll get her through this. Hugs.

Today she is acting more like herself!!!:D but yesterday she wouldnt really open that eye... but today so far... shes had it open all the way... but I decided Im still going to go to the ophthamologist just because I want to know whats REALLY going on ;) I just dont want to chance anything with her eye! i dont want her to loose her eye because I was told to wait until the next week by a vet that I dont know let alone trust!!

from what he did he seemed like he just assessed it and gave meds... but I dont know... thats why Im going to go to the ophthamologist... just to be safe!!! but like i said she has been acting like her "normal" self!!! thanks sooooooooooo much everyone i will keep you updated as soon as I know anything!!!

oh I forgot to add... she does GREAT when I put the antibiotic in her eye... but she did wake up at 3:45 this morning whining again... so I put some more antibiotic in her eye this morning... she doesnt like me to open her eye all the way... but she will let me still... shes such a good girl!!! :D

so... I got an appointment set for 10:15 this morning with the ophthamologist... :D so I will let you all know what they say! ;) just so you know its 8:20 my time ;)

Thanks for the updates! The waiting is going to kill me...LOL ;). I wonder why she woke up whining at 3:45am this morning :confused: I hope she's not in any pain? I'm glad you're going to go see an OP just in case, better to be safe than sorry!!! Poor baby girl deserves lots of extra treats when you get home LOL ;). You're a great mommy!!!

Oh good! Will be watching for an update, hoping for good news. Hang in there, Jessica. :)

I am so glad to see you are taking her in to the opthomologist! I will be looking for updates.

ok so... Gracie had something in her eye!!! the op said that it was like a metallic gold thing that looked like a cinnamon roll... :confused::rolleyes: so she said that there are 3 layers of the lense on your eye... and this thing was stuck 30% of the way in her 2nd layer...:( she didnt know if she was going to be able to get it out with just a q-tip and a really small needle... she was worried that she would go too deep and "rupture the eye" so then they would have to put her under and get a a laser to cut her lense and get the thing out... well... she was able to get the ting out!!!!:D YAY:yay_jump::yay_jump::yay_jump: so they took a culture of the area that thing was stuck.. and they wont know for 72 hours... so we will see if we need to give her any other meds then the drops that they gave me...so like I said they gave me some antibiotic drops that are diff. from the other antibiotics...but shes doing SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER!!! :D she was sooooooooooooooooooooo BRAVE!!! Im sooooooooooooooooooo PROUD of her!!! they gave me the thing that was in her eye... Im not home right now... so I dont have my camera with me... so I will take a pic of it later tonight... and post maybe tonight maybe tomorrow... I dont know when Im going to get home... ;)
again I just want to THANK ALL OF YOU!!! it means sooooooooooooo much to me to have all of your support and love!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

OMG!!! Thank goodness you followed your instinct and and took her to the OP!!!!!! I'm so glad she's doing better now :D. Is she still taking the meds the vet told her to take or only what the OP has her on now? Gracie has a WONDERFUL mommy!!!!!!!!!! Great job and Great job Gracie for being so brave!!!!!!!!

I'm just seeing this thread, don't know how I missed it! I'm so glad to hear your baby is doing better now! :)

shes just taking the meds that the op gave her ;) they kept the ointment the er vet gave me for her...:rolleyes:

Jessica you rock!! I am SO PROUD of you for following your mommy instinct and taking her in regardless of being advised to wait.

You should feel so good about yourself. Gracie is sooooo lucky to have such a good mommy!!