On Tuesday, I took Buffy to her eye doctor to get the pressure checked in her eyes. Her right eye had jumped from 15 to 30 in the two weeks since our last visit.
Once the pressure reaches 35, then dogs experience a severe headache, like a migraine.
The vet recommended removal of her eye immediately. “The surgery would have to be done soon, so why wait until she was suffering,” he said.
Removal right before I was planning to leave for five days over the Fourth of July weekend!
The vet had warned me that this would happen, but I had hoped I would have more time before I would have a one-eyed dog. Only on June 2nd had she developed glaucoma and lost her vision in that eye.
My 21 year-old granddaughter was planning to stay at my house and take care of Buffy and Chipper. Should I have her care for Buffy a few days after surgery or hope that Buffy’s eye pressure didn’t exceed 35 and cause her to suffer for days until I returned and could get her to the vet?
I chose to have Buffy’s eye removed (enucleation surgery).
She’s doing just fine 6 days after surgery. You can read more about this type of surgery in the link below.
http://www.petplace.com/article/dogs/diseases-conditions-of-dogs/eyes/enucleation-removal-of-an-eye-in-dogs
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What a sweetie pie. So sorry to hear the news, but now she’s not in any pain which is so important.
Take good care of her as well as yourself!!!
Wishing Buffy a speedy recovery! I am thinking that she probably won’t notice too much once she all healed up – our dogs are so resilient!