UPDATE Pg 4. Ozzy has serious eye problem

[piph]

Yes, he's eating fine, I'm wetting his food and he seems to be managing well.  I think he's just exhausted - he got very over-excited at training last night!

Oh yes, how did the training go? What did you learn?

It was just an introductory lesson really, just to get the puppies used to the hall and things - the only thing we did really was to learn how to get the pups attention - which Ozzy does anyway!  Learnt also that saying 'No' to pups is a 'no no', and doesn't work. (but we knew that already as well  )  There was a little working cocker called Milly, a choc lab, a black Scottie, a miniature dachshund,  a Yorkshire terrier, and a beagle - and Ozzy - I think Ozzy is the oldest, although the beagle might be about the same age as him. The Kong thing was a 'settling' excersise, but not sure that worked with Ozzy as food always gets him excited, so we'll just have to see how that goes, and maybe try something else instead.  Has Henry been to training again yet?

[piph]

Yesterday Ozzy seemed almost fully recovered, and today he's back to being poorly again.  He only wants to sleep, but also seems very restless, and keeps leaping up and whimpering as if something has bitten him, then flops down again.  Still eating and drinking fine, in fact that is about the only time he shows any animation at all!  We've tried to interest him in playing, and he seems to try for a minute or two, but soon flops down again.  I know that if I take him for a walk he'll perk up for a bit - it just seems to be at home that he's so lethargic.  

The anti-inflamatory drug that the vet has given him (not sure if it was for the teething pain or the inflamed eye or both!) is called Previcox.  I've looked it up on the net and it's for dogs with arthritis!  Does anyone know anything about this drug or the side effects? - the article I read lists every side-effect known to man, the drug company just covering it's a**e, so not a lot of help!  He's only on one 57mg tablet a day with his breakfast, and he had the first one yesterday morning and was fine all day. But I'm still wondering if it's the cumulative effects of the drug.

I'm very confused, and not sure what's happening to my baby - it seems so odd!!


Took him for a walk and he was fine - trotting about and chasing some kids football, fed him his tea when we got home and he's flaked out again now!  Just don't understand - I don't think that there can be a lot wrong with him if he's eating normally, drinking normally, poohing normally and behaving normally when we are out for a walk - well and truly stumped now!

[sarahR]

It does take up 24hrs for some drugs to start to work and also teething can go on for a while so one tooth may be feeling better and then the next one starts getting loose and  tender.  Hopefully he will feel better soon. If you worried about the meds for his eye perhaps phone the vet  for advice. They shouldn't charge for a phone call and it would put your mind at rest.

[piph]

It's something else!!!!

Ozzy's eye was much more swollen this morning, really bulging, so we cancelled our plans for a day out and made an appointment with the vet (we are very lucky that our vet practice is open 7 days a week)

Have just got back and they've kept him in!  Unfortunately the vet had to hurt him quite a lot to examine him - he's in a lot of pain so even just touching his eye area made him yelp!  The vet says that there is definitely a sever infection in the conjunctiva now, but they are not sure what has caused the swelling.  Another vet was brought in to give a second opinion, they were both very concerned about the size of his eyeball, so have decided to keep him in to measure the pressure inside his eye - they will probably have to sedate him to measure it.  We have to phone about 2pm to see if he's ready to come home.  They don't know at this stage if it's just a sever infection, or an abscess or something else entirely - the dreaded glaucoma was mentioned! I'm going to research that now as we know little about it.

We are very worried about our baby, and are hoping that it's nothing that can't be cured.  The house seems very empty now without him here - an 8kg pup takes up a disproportionate amount of space in your home and in your heart    Fingers and toes crossed for Ozzy, please everyone.

[sarahR]

Oh poor Ozzy. let's hope they find out what is causing it. Cocker cuddles your way from Ozzie and George.

[piph]

I've looked up glaucoma, and wish I hadn't - I'm now even more worried than ever, as his symptoms seem to suggest this.

[Jessie_Pup]

Hope they can find out what is wrong with little Ozzy, and he is home soon.   Sending you     


Erica.

[Archie bean]

Oh poor little ozzy. Everything crossed theybgetvto the bottom of it and he's home with you soon and feeling better. 

[ollie nathan's mum]

Poor Ozzie, at least you have an answer. Hopefully he will be fine and pain free soon. Thinking of you.

[karendorman13]

I hope you find out what's wrong with Ozzy as a nurse I really think sometimes its best not knowing and the internet is a scary place send Ozzy  and positive thoughts from Kol and Bo x

[Pop-Star]

Poor Ozzy  Hope you get answers and Ozzy is feeling better soon.
Lots of  for you all.

[Sula]

Ooo this will be a huge worry to you, I hope they have an answer soon and a treatment plan sorted out that helps settle it fast,  to you all and I hope he is home with you soon.

[SophieBlueRoanLover]

Poor little Ozzy Any news?

[piph]

Thanks everybody, for your support.  I'm afraid the news is not good.  We had a call from the vets about 1 o'clock explaining that the pressure in Ozzy's eye was very raised and causing concern, and they needed to find out the cause.  She wanted to refer him to the Willows, the vet hospital in Sollihull, and he needed to be seen today.  As we had to travel an appointment was made for 4 o'clock, so we collected Ozzy and set off.  The Ophthalmic specialist is a lovely German lady called Christine.  She examined him and took him off for an ultrasound. The upshot of it all is that he has a foreign body which has penetrated the back of his eye, possibly having entered through his soft palate, or from the front and under his 3rd eyelid.  She showed us the scans of Ozzy's eye and a healthy eye so we could compare - Ozzy's looked like a war zone compared to the healthy one.  His retina was already mostly detached, and it was full of infection, gunk and debris.  Needless to say, they have kept him in.  She's going to give him very strong antibiotics and painkillers overnight, and re-asses him in the morning, but the chances of saving his eye are almost nil.  She will then decide whether to remove his eye or not, and it will probably be done tomorrow morning.  We have just got back home.

We are obviously devastated by this news - she says it's very unlucky that it happened when he was so small, and the foreign body was probably already doing it's damage several days before he showed any symptoms, so there was nothing further that we could have done. There is one bright spot which we are grateful for - at least it isn't glaucoma.  If it had been he would have lost his eye anyway, and the other would have been at risk within a couple of years.

We will comes to terms with it, I'm sure - we do know that dogs manage perfectly well with one eye (or even no eyes, come to that), but at the moment it's just heartbreaking that our gorgeous Ozzy will only have one eye for the rest of his life.

Our baby has been a very brave boy, hardly flinching during the examinations, but obviously in a lot of pain.  Hopefully before too long he will feel better.

I'll update again tomorrow, when we know what is happening.

[karendorman13]

I am so sorry to hear that  , i will pray to St. Francis for a miracle. But in the meantime here is a  for you and your family x