Pumpkin's eye is BAD (graphic photos)

[lilspaz68]

I also have a good ending for a similar story...not as damaged but was on its way. Search for Lady in health under my forum name...she was an older lady too

 

[mamarat]

Fingers crossed for your sweetie.

 

[Moon]

I read the disclaimer and that first pic still totally caught me off guard. Holy moly!!!

Good luck to Pumpkin!

 

[Joanne]

Any news?

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

Pumpkin had her eye removed today. THANK GOODNESS! And so far is doing 100% better. She is ready and wanting to eat and play as if there was never a problem. My vet said she is not sure why the eye got so bad there was no sign of infection in the tissue of the socket. Once the eye was out everything else looked normal. She even poked around to make sure she wasn't missing anything. It was just her eye. So my Pumpkin is home and doing really, really well and fingers crossed she continues to do well. We have her on Baytril and Metacam to prevent anything further from getting infected.

So here is my Frakenrat! and THANK YOU to everyone for the support, stories with happy endings (I remembered Lady's story as soon as you mentioned it) and good vibes. :happydance:

 

[mamarat]

Great news, so glad she will be ok. :joy:

 

[jorats]

That is such great news... very scary though that the eye just bulged out for no reason.

 

[Petitepuppet]

So glad her surgery went well and hope she makes a fast recovery and heals well :thumbup:

 

[lilratsy43]

:joy: :joy:
Her non-eye looks great!!! Just like my boy did, now thats a pirate if I have ever seen one!
Sending healing vibes Pumpkins way!

 

[Maple]

Poor little thing, but on a happy note she'll be as good as new in no time. :heart:

 

[ryelle]

she looks fantastic it must be a relief for her to get rid of that eye

 

[lindsayfawn]

That's great they were able to remove the eye. Poor kid. I hope it heals up fast for her!

 

[lilspaz68]

My Lady recovered beautifully from the loss of her eye. My vet used glue so there were no stitches to pull at or remove.

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

Thanks everyone. Pumpkin is still doing WONDERFUL and acts as if there was never a problem.

Yeah, I like glue better than stitches but when I was talking to the vet about doing the surgery I was to stressed and upset to even think to ask for glue. But so far she has left them alone and hopefully continues to. :thumbup: I am so thankful she is still with me. I such a pesimist(sp?) that I just always assume the worst. anic:

 

[rat.charmer]

So glad to hear she's doing better!!!

 

[Joanne]

It sounds like that eye had been causing her a lot of pain - yay Frankenrat! Here's hoping for a boring and uneventful recovery......

 

[Godmother]

I am so glad that her eye was removed without complications. Kisses and banana mash to her from me.

My sweet Tia had a bulging eye, although hers came on slowly. She may have injured the eye at some point, and the eye pressure just kept increasing until the eye became useless. My vet urged me to have it removed. So I went ahead, and he did a wonderful job, and Tia was very happy without the bad eye. She was climbing up and down the FN like nothing ever happened.

Let's see if I can find a photo of sweet Tia (I don't need much urging to find an excuse!):

May Pumpkin continue to recover well.