yesterday afternoon I was making myself a meat sandwich, id given all 4 dogs a piece of left over meat as I was making it and all of a sudden a scrap broke out at my feet. when i looked down it was liath and pepper who never scrap normally but liath is getting very doo lally and I guess she just stuck into who ever was between her and what she thought was on the ground. so I pulled pepper off liath, liath walked off and I noticed her eye was hanging out! I nearly died .. flat panic!! got the others in a crate got her on her own phoned for help and the vets and within half an hour liath was in surgery. the vet has tried to save her eye but hes not too hopeful. he says she has a one in 4 chance and as its so swollen if it didnt go down he may have to take the eye out today. I took her home , they wanted to keep her in but she wasnt on a drip and I knew she would settle better at home and I could stop her rubbing it. I put a collar on her as she is at it every chance she gets. so I slept on the couch last night with her beside me.cora has gone with my daughter ( as she is the noisy one) and the other 2 are here and my daughters partner is calling in later to take them out for a walk.
It all happened so suddenly. I feel sick. Its strange how old age can make them so short in the grain, theyve been together since pups and been super. they are so close normally.
shes drank some water and peed this morning and peed again this afternoon still no pooh.. if all goes well her stitches stay in for a week her eye has been stitched closed and when they take stitches out they will know if eye is ok or has to be removed. so positive thoughts guys as shes nearly 13 and I dont want her to have to go through another op.
latest news from vets.. shes on anti inflammatory pain killers and antibiotics, shes to rest for 24 hrs then to go in fasted tomorrow ( fri) at 9 am for the vet to assess her eye. he may remove it tomorrow or he will leave until wed and re assess. it doesnt look good TBH I think he should just have taken it away at the time given her age and the amount of swelling and bleeding. but hey ho she has a very slim chance of keeping it but shes pretty blind anyway shes got cataracts so it wont stress her too much losing it. the vet i go to knew going in that she had a very slim chance but even with her poor eyesight and age he didnt remove it. then he wanted to keep her in for a week! (he says to keep her quiet) but possibly still then probably take it out, anyway. I think shes better off here with me she wasnt on a drip and there is no overnight vet . they just pop in later on and if they are on a call out have a look and you get charged per visit. liath would have been stressed in a crate in the vets and would have damaged her eye further so not only is she being better cared for its a damn sight cheaper. Im with her 24/7 shes confined to a small area of the living room the other 2 dogs are separate and she is sleeping peacefully most of the time.
shes sleeping just now as I type.. am so stressed. keep seeing liath looking like something out of a horror film. was worst nightmare come true as I hate eyes.
poor lil lee, she looks like shes been hit by a truck! I want my pretty wee girl back!! shes so girlie and if she was a human would be always in pink!! peppers the tomboy!
ps all the rest are grand, dont think for one moment pepper meant to hurt liath, she just did what dogs do at times. they were like 2 grannys bashing each other with handbags.. it just was unlucky that lee got caught in the eye.
the swelling altho still evident has gone down, id give her arnica but I dont know how much or if I can get it locally as I cant leave her for long. she is so calm when im about. shes lucky as ive knackered my shoulder and am off work so can give her one to one nursing care.. beat that vets! ( out vets is a country vets covering the whole county of sutherland geographically one of the biggest in the country.. there is no way they would be able to supervise her like I am. Its lambing and calving time.. theres never a vet about! she was so lucky yesterday as the vet was just on his way home! we just caught him ( and missed a call out charge!)
so pos vibes folks we need them xxxx
