He's at an Animal Hospital =[

[TheGoldenCorgi]

I found out yesterday after coming home that Jin's eyes were squinty and also had a watery discharge. However, taking him to the vet wasn't an option since it was late in the day.

I took him this morning and it turns out they did eye stains and found a very small foreign debris stuck in his cornea and that the scelera (white part) was red.

I was advised to go to a specialist for Veterinarian Ophthalmology. Generally speaking, has anyone had problems with their dogs getting debris stuck in their eyes? He probably got it playing in the backyard when someone was letting him out in the morning.

I hope this doesn't cost much because I'm a college student. Hoping its not gonna cost me well in the thousands. Does anyone have any input on this? Poor guy..

[glencorgi]

Oh dear! Yes I have heard of corgis getting things/debris stuck in their eye(s). Good thing you caught it and got him in early. Will be sending healing vibes and get well wishes for Jin.

Debbie

[TheGoldenCorgi]

Originally Posted by glencorgi

Oh dear! Yes I have heard of corgis getting things/debris stuck in their eye(s). Good thing you caught it and got him in early. Will be sending healing vibes and get well wishes for Jin.

Debbie

Thanks. I really do appreciate it


So I just got a call back after dropping him off for about 1.5 - 2 hours and the Ophthalmologist said that they added numbing drops into his eyes and the foreign body has completely came out without having to do surgery.

Now the worst part is the bill; 89 for consultation, 20 for the eye drops and like 80 something for medications. The bill is like $210. Ouch. I'm supposed to follow up 5-7 days later. I hope he will be fine.

[MyPemCharlie]

I'm glad to hear that Jin was able to escape the pain and additional expense of surgery. Good thing you got him into the vet before it got worse! And I can sympathize with you on the vet bill...unexpected medical bills are never cheap.

[glencorgi]

While I do empathize with the ouch of the bill, it isn't as bad as some of the bills I've heard of for some of these type accidents. I didn't want to say anything and panic you. , you did come out pretty lucky though. Quick action and getting him in as soon as you did probably saved you $$$$.

Super news that the debris was able to dislodge with just the numbing drops and no surgery was needed. Glad to hear he's on the mend.

Debbie

[TheGoldenCorgi]

Thanks Debbie and MyPemCharlie.

I just got him back and his scelera doesn't look blood red anymore but it is still somewhat agitated looking.

His cornea is very shiny for some reason; it gives off a green color that you would see at night when you shined light into both of their eyes.

I hope this goes away though. Could be that they dilated his pupils. I got some sort of eye dropper I'm going to have to give him 4 times a day at every 6 hour interval.

They said I should do a check-up next week, but if he does heal up and looks good as before, do you guys still think its a safe bet to go for it? They said it will run about $58.

[glencorgi]

With it being the eyes, I would definitely go back for the check up to make sure there is no scarring and that it has healed okay.

The green is the reflection of the cones (I think it is them) in the back of the eyes and showing up because of the dilation. It will (or should) subside as the pupils return to normal.

Debbie

[MyPemCharlie]

I also would not want to take any chances with his vision. The vet may be able to look into the eye with a light and detect a problem that you or I wouldn't necessarily see. At the very minimum, I would call the vet and ask if the follow-up is absolutely necessary, but I expect they want to be sure that he has healed properly.

[Jane Austen]

Don't be concerned about the green light in his eyes. It took Duchess several days to go back to normal colored eyes. The vet said it was because she was sensitive and she had had two doses of dialating medicine in as many days. I was worried because it took so long but finally it lessened and disappeared.

My bill was over $300 because of a misdiagnoses by the first vet thinking Duchess had gluacoma. But I was overjoyed when the second vet said "No"

[TheGoldenCorgi]

ahh. Thanks for your response MyPemCharlie, Debbie and Jane.

You bring a good point that we cannot see if there are any damages or scarring done by just viewing his eyes alone. An ophthalmologist will be able to detect these by using the eye viewing light scope. The tech had also mentioned that the vet will be doing that to see if it has healed up properly and that no scarring tissue was developed.

To reply to Jane, yeah Jin's eyes are still showing the green hue even after 24 hours. I'm not sure if they dilated his eyes but they did give him some medications and the numbing drops. I know that dogs give off the light reflection because they do not have cones in their eyes but they have rods and the Tapetum Leucidum which reflects the light back. Humans and other species capable of seeing color have cones; cats and dogs don't have cones which is why they are able to see at night better than we can.


Anyways, I am having a hard time giving him these drops as he knows that I am going to give them in his eyes. He knows how to roll over but when I get him to and he sees the bottle he gets up and tries to fetch the bottle. Restraining him with another person trying to put the drops in is also hard as he jerks his head around aggressively.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Corgi's are a small little beast. lol

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by TheGoldenCorgi

To reply to Jane, yeah Jin's eyes are still showing the green hue even after 24 hours.

The green could be the dye they used. The dye is used to show any ulcers in the eye. Which they would want to see if there had been something in the eye.

As for putting drops in the eyes, if you can get someone to hold him for you, you can try having him sit between thier legs (the person kneeling on the floor). And have that person wrap one arm around his neck and steady his head against their body with the other hand/arm.

Putting him on a higher surface such as a dryer might help too. In which case the person would put one arm around his neck and hold his head against their body.

I hope I described that well enough to make sense to you.

Peggy

[Jane Austen]

Don't know if this will help, somtimes it doesn't work for me either. I have Duchess sitting and try to put the drops in the side of her eye within the eye lids, not directly dropping it in on her eye.