Please send get well thoughts to Archie Poor little Archie had an unfortunate accident --- an encounter with one of our cats. Silly cats are all afraid of these two small dogs, mainly because Archie and Willie are intense cat chasers. When Archie and Willie run into the back bedroom where the cats spend most of their time, the cats usually run under the bed. Tuesday afternoon Archie jumped onto the bench where one of the cats was sleeping and startled the cat. The cat tried to jump over Archie to get away and both of them were making much noise. I checked Archie over and didn't see any damage, but it became apparent later he was not well and I feared the cat had scratched Archie's left eye. Dashed over to the emergency vet (this was around 10 PM) and they confirmed that his eye was badly scratched and infected. They had to sedate him a little to really check the eye (he is an impossible wiggler - if there is such a word) and start him on two different medications. Had a recheck with his regular vet the next day and was advised we needed to continue only the antibiotic eye drops 4 to 6 times a day. And he has to wear an e-collar -- he just hates it. The first day of trying to get the one drop into his eye was a huge struggle. He has gotten much better with the routine now. He was pretty much out of it on Wednesday probably due to a combination of trauma, pain meds and dealing with that collar but by Thursday he was running around and playing with his brother. His eye is still clouded but no longer as swollen and no further discharge. Has a re-check on Monday and I'm hoping for the best. None of the three vets (2 at emergency and his regular vet) who saw him would discuss long term prognosis beyond telling me it would take at least two weeks for the scratch to heal. We have them scheduled to be neutered on the 15th, and his vet said that should be fine and he'd be able to look very closely at his eye while he was out. So poor little Archie is just going to go from one trauma to another. While Archie's eye injury is fairly serious, just last week Willie had been to the vet to be treated for an eye scratch also. His injury was very minor and probably the result of roughhousing with his brother. He never was in pain and the only clue we had was he kept squinting one eye. He had a gel I had to put in his eye for three days but was fine by then. I'm hoping this month ends up better for Archie - and Willie too. Any good thoughts you can send this way will be much appreciated. |
Please get well soon Archie! |
Sending prayers up for both:) Hopefully both will be fully recovered quickly:) |
From one Archie to another I wish you well little buddy. Prayer's coming for your eye to heal completely. Archie, stay away from your cat siblings, looks like they mean business:( Carol & Buddy:aimeeyork |
Wow, you've definitely got 2 little rough and tumble boys there. I hope they both heal 100% and give you and the vet a rest for awhile. |
Oh sounds painful!!! Hope he makes a full recovery. |
Good thoughts coming your way:) |
prayers on your way Archie:hands: |
From my Archie to yours: Get better soon little guy! |
Oh the poor baby. I wish him well. i always worry about that too. Only one of our cats has claws, and he pretty much ignores the dogs. the other cat wants to hiss and box at them, but he is declawed so no worry. |
OUCH Poor baby - sending Get Well wishes and hope you have a speedy recovery Archie.... |
Poor baby, get well soon Archie...:) And from two ultimate cat chasers to you & your brother watch out for the left paw.:animal-pa ....Mine do the same thing to our cats, but we have been lucky nothing happening yet...but my boys think they are the great yorkie hunters of all time...:) |
Poor Archie! Get well soon! I KNOW how badly a scratched eye hurts. Sending hugs :ghug: |
Poor little guys! Praying that Archie heals up 100% and same goes for Willie! |
Thank you all for the well wishes. Rough and tumble doesn't begin to describe these two --- they are definitely Boys. The first couple of days were pretty dreadful. Poor Archie was in quite a bit of pain which only got worse when he had to have his eye rinsed off and the the drops put in. Just broke my heart to have to do that to him. Today he is feeling much better, running around like crazy, playing with toys and his brother, and right back to chasing the cats. But he'll only chase them down the hall and stop outside their room - so he has learned something. He hasn't been fussing too much when I have to put the drops in his eye (every 3 hours), so it must not be as painful now. His eye does look much better today. I'm hopeful that his vet check Monday goes well. |
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