[Dailydrool] get well prayers/drool and advice for einstein

[Nancy Cohen]

last night einstein had goopy stuff coming out of both eyes, and by the 
time I got saline and some wipes he had run to his cage to hide....i 
didn't want to traumatize him so i let him be figuring he would wipe it 
on the chair, the couch my leg etc. later.  in the am he woke up with 
both eyes swollen, and the third eyelids up.  by 6:30 i had him to the 
emergency vet who gave him a quick physical, checked the pressure in his 
eyes, checked for injury or corneal abrasion (all things we did for 
human  ER patients with similar complaints.)  We had been in Vermont the 
week before where he was off leash but supervised in fields, his eyes 
were red but he has allergies.  I gave him some benadryl and he seemed 
better.  His pressure was normal, there were no corneal abrasions, but 
one eye had no tear production.  They scheduled me with an 
ophthamologist in 3 weeks, gave him some pain pills which he didn't 
really need, and some antibiotic ointment along with an eye moistening 
ointment.  I took him home, and he just lay around which i attributed to 
the fact that both these ointments can cause blurred vision.  he is 
still not opening his eyes.  one eye appears more swollen than the 
other.  he did eat and drink and is walking around some on his own, but 
not up the stairs.  the antibiotic cream also has a steroid in it.  at 
what point should i panic??  no offense to any vet or human dr. but the 
doctor looked about 12.......he was very nice and i thought thorough 
because we might have done the same in the human ER.  einstein does not 
seem in pain and there is not a lot of discharge, although i am wiping 
his eyes with a wipe with sterile saline solution.......as usual, i 
trust the group in the know.......email me privately with any 
advice.....and say a little prayer for my boy ......thanks, nancy