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

[Dale Rutz]

My Cyrus got this every spring for a number of years running.  My vet prescribes antibiotic drops.  One year I noticed it is exactly the same med the girls get for pink eye

Another thing that helps is simple tears which is saline

Good luck
Dale


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On Jul 12, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Nancy Cohen <Cohen.nancy at verizon.net> wrote:

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> 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
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