[Dailydrool] Eye issue - possible glaucoma...

[Karrie Kuecker]

Joey Hound is pretty sick... I woke up on Wednesday, and his right eye was
swollen shut w/schmutz coming out of it, and the left 3rd eyelid was up.
Tried to walk him, just down the sidewalk to take a piddle. He wound up
tripping & toppled off! It was about a 3 inch fall, so nothing injured but
his pride, but I was REALLY concerned!! Took him to the vet asap on
Wednesday morning, and the eye was so swollen shut that he couldn't get a
reading on it w/the Tonopen. He was lathargic & just not quite right...
Left him w/the vet techs for the day for a snooter to tail look over;
turned out the poor boy had a bladder infection & the eyeball was swollen
bad. Brought him back on Thursday, and the eyeball had opened up, but
looked a bit blue, vet took pressure reading & got 10 in the left & 25-26
in the right, which he said was boarderline. To me, it looks like the eye
is pretty much dead, since it's blue & looks similar to what happens in
many blind human's eyes, but the vet said that the pupils were reactive.
Fast forwarding a bit, I wound up taking him home to IL with me, because
I'm visiting a school about 2 hrs away that I got into for next year.
Currently, he's on Clavomax (for the bladder infection), prednisone &
timolol (timoptic, & only $5 generic!!) for the eyeball. My mom read that
ginko could help w/eye pressure in dogs, does anyone know of any other
supplaments that could help to regulate eye pressure? Luckily, there's an
Animal Optometrist literally a 5 min drive from their house, that Joey will
be headed to, to hopefully get this thing under control. Sadly, this sounds
like it happens to too many hounds! And, so fast! He was chasing puppies at
the park Tuesday night, then Wednesday he was so horribly sick!
-- 
-Karrie, momma to Joey & Emma, with Slater (ATB), Aunty to Checkers, Domino
& Crispin (wb)

Joey's dogster page: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/637473
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