Henry has an eye problem now

[Jane57]

Took Henry back to the vets again this morning, as his eye doesn't seem much better. There was a different vet and she found another tiny ulcer, hidden under his third eyelid (which is swollen to protect his eye). She managed to scrape a bit of stuff off both ulcers, and we'll go back again on Monday. It was horribly traumatic, with my poor baby screaming his head off as they were trying to hold him still to put the fluorescent drops in. They made me leave the room and he did calm down a bit, but was still whining in pain/misery/discomfort. I was only just managing to hold back the tears!

Just wish my poor little fella would get better, but sion and honormum (thank you both!) have at least given me some advice and reassurance, as well as time-scales - it's not something that goes away quickly, and may need minor surgery if it doesn't start to show healing by early next week.

Aww Sophie just caught up with this. I really hope Henrys eye starts healing really soon and surgery can be avoided.
what a worry x

[Holly2009]

  oh dear, the poor love, hope he's better soon 

[ollie nathan's mum]

Get well soon Henry

[piph]

Oh poor Henry!!!  I'm so sorry that things haven't improved.  Fingers crossed that his eye starts to heal soon and you can avoid surgery.  Big hugs for you and squishes for Henry. 

[SophieBlueRoanLover]

Thanks all! He's currently curled up asleep on the sofa - one thing that's come from all this is he's far more sociable (and even more affectionate) in the evenings - he used to go to his bed, but now is happy to snuggle on the sofa between my hubby and me

[siam]

Am really sorry to hear that Henry needed to have more treatment on his eye today and he has a 2nd little ulcer. Hopefully this will help the eye to recover better now. I was surprised that the vet removed a layer of Alfie's cornea on his first visit (still makes me wince thinking about it) but it worked well for him.

[Honormum]

Big hugs for Henry from Teddy - who knows exactly how Henry is feeling!
Hope he's on the mend very, very soon.xxx

[Lily Freya]

How's Henry now?  He is in our thoughts.

Get well soon little man. Xxxx

[debbiedaywalker]

I hope Henry's eye is feeling better this morning 

[DeeDee]

How is Henry's eye today? Poor little soul, he's really having a bad time of it.     Fingers crossed he'll be better soon. 

[SophieBlueRoanLover]

He's not been too bad today, although he did begin to take offence with us trying to get the eye-drops in - the lure of the Primula is waning

He was better out walking today, and we had a nice long walk, without too much stubbornness/weirdness (he sometimes just stops and I've no idea if he's scared, can't see properly or is just being teenagerish).

The eye doesn't really look any better, although I think there may be a little less discharge. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. The third eyelid is still swollen and he looks quite sad, but then he's a cocker and they perfect that sad look to get more love, I think!

[Jane57]

He's not been too bad today, although he did begin to take offence with us trying to get the eye-drops in - the lure of the Primula is waning

He was better out walking today, and we had a nice long walk, without too much stubbornness/weirdness (he sometimes just stops and I've no idea if he's scared, can't see properly or is just being teenagerish).

The eye doesn't really look any better, although I think there may be a little less discharge. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. The third eyelid is still swollen and he looks quite sad, but then he's a cocker and they perfect that sad look to get more love, I think!

Aww poor little guy, Hope today sees an improvement sophie x

[Jessie_Pup]

He's not been too bad today, although he did begin to take offence with us trying to get the eye-drops in - the lure of the Primula is waning

He was better out walking today, and we had a nice long walk, without too much stubbornness/weirdness (he sometimes just stops and I've no idea if he's scared, can't see properly or is just being teenagerish).

The eye doesn't really look any better, although I think there may be a little less discharge. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. The third eyelid is still swollen and he looks quite sad, but then he's a cocker and they perfect that sad look to get more love, I think!

Sorry to hear that Henry is having a problem with his eyes.  He might be having problems with his vision with his stopping on walks. Our Dylan does the same and he has cataracts.   Hope Henry's eyes problem is better soon without surgery.

[SophieBlueRoanLover]

Not much change today, although his eye wasn't crusty and closed this morning - still lots of gunk. Bit chirpier. About to go for a walk with Liesl and Cassie - hopefully his walking will be okay.

New problem - he really doesn't want the eye-drops any more and seems to associate the Primula with eye-problems and pain. He got really panicky this morning - we tried a few things and ended up with hubby kind of sitting over him holding him down (with frankfurter this time) and managed like that. Not good at all though and I won't be able to do this on my own. I read an old post by Snoo about how to administer the drops and tried to hold him from behind or hold his muzzle, but that didn't work either. Don't know how I'm going to make this a less unpleasant experience for him, now that he gets all panicky just seeing the tiny white bottle. Back to vet in the morning, so maybe they'll have some advice (vet nurse before just said come from behind so that he can't see you - he sees me!).

[SophieBlueRoanLover]

Just been back to the vet and it looks as if his corneal ulcer is on the mend. The tiny second one has gone and the other one has got smaller. He was shaking horribly when I took him in but they managed to get the fluorescent drops in and have a look without too much effort (I had to go outside so I couldn't hear if he was screaming or not - just a bit of whining I think).
Back in for another check-up on Thursday, so hopefully the healing will continue...
All such a worry!
(And makes me glad I have pet insurance!).