Within minutes of getting up this morning I was on the internet searching for what could have made my little dog blind overnight. It was heartbreaking watching him bump into walls as he tried to find his way back to bed. My heart ached.
Once he was awake again I took a closer look: his eyes were squeezed shut and when he did blink the inner eyelid was swollen and red. Believe it or not, this might be a good thing. Got in touch with the vet and got an appointment for the afternoon.
Dr. Cardi wasn’t 100% positive but thought it was likely uveitis, either cause by an infection or by an auto-immune response. So he’s got 2 kinds of eye drops and some pain killers, and a recheck next week. We are hoping it’s an infection as that will clear up. Auto-immune response: not such a good outcome. Poor wee guy.
He sure has had a rough go of it lately and sadly his misery is not over soon as he has a dental appointment at the beginning of March.
"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.”
~Milan Kundera
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