Does it still look big? yes take her in the morning if you think it is bigger or if it looks off. Has she been checked for things like glaucoma?
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Does it still look big? yes take her in the morning if you think it is bigger or if it looks off. Has she been checked for things like glaucoma?
I can't be sure. Everything doesn't seem right anymore...I know I had them look at her eyes over the summer and they didn't say anything was wrong....and they have had her in there at least 5 times since Dec. 9. She was just there Jan. 30.
Hi--please remember that vets (just like any human medical professional) can not possibly know everything or even think of everything to check. A couple of years ago my Abbie was having her glands expressed. I was standing right in front of her and noticed a dark spot near the cornea in one eye. I asked the vet to check it and the next day we were at the veterinary opthamologist. Thankfully, the large cysts she now has in both eyes are not attached to the retinas but she does have to be periodically checked for glaucoma. My vet has shown Abbie's eyes to several techs and new vets as her condition is not seen very often. Bottom line: trust your instincts as you are Lena's best advocate!
We went this morning and she was checked and no glaucoma...thank God! She checked both eyes and didn't see anything wrong, but did agree that the left one was a little bulging.
She checked around and nothing seemed to hurt Lee; checked her teeth as much as she could see. So she said that maybe she is developing an abscess in the back of her mouth or one of the spots where she had a tooth pulled might be getting infected and is putting pressure on the eye. She gave me an antibiotic called ClindaDrops, clindamycin hydrochloride liquid, to be given twice daily (it's the same one she was taking after her dental work where her some of her teeth were pulled). She also said that she had to tell me that it could be a tumor behind the eye. So, I have to watch to see if it gets any bigger.
Good news is that she thinks she looks great. Heart sounds fine, lungs sound good although she hears a little bit of congestion, but Lee has always had that, she has had the collapsed trachea thing since she was a baby, never really bad though. So I am glad I brought her in and feel more comfortable leaving her to go to work.
She has been wanting to sit with me more and more the last few days, just like before...so for now, I am relieved.
But so sad over the passing of all the sweet dogs the last couple of days...my heart aches for their families...
okay did she mention an ophamologist if you need one? If there is any near by I mean.
Hopefully a bit of a tooth infection is all it is and the antibiotics will clear it up. Cross fingers.
Nice she is being a snuggle bunny again.
No, Sharlene, she didn't...you don't think it's a tumor, do you? She had one dose of the antibiotic while we were there and I still have to give her another tonight.
I have no idea what it is. An ophamologist is an eye specialist just like for humans. So it is there specialty. My Molly sees one because her eyesight started decreasing very quickly and we had to find out why.
I don't know what would cause the eye to seem bigger. Which is why I was thinking of a specialist in case it is something with the eye itself.
I just don't know but I am hoping some of the others might have an idea.
I'll google and see if there is one around here. Maybe I'll ask them tomorrow for the name of one just in case. I hope they take post dated checks.....
Has she been rubbing the eye. Like against the floor or with her paw? This can cause irritation which can cause the eye to look bigger. If so then try to prevent her from bothering it and the antibiotics might help if there is any kind of infection or inflammation even.
My first thought went to Grave's disease (hypothyroidism). It is rare in dogs but can occur--one of the symptoms can be protruding eyes. I could be entirely off-base and probably am! I don't recall if Lena has had any thyroid tests.