The Story Of An Eye (part two)

Getting Mona’s cataract and glaucoma surgeries done was going to be tricky since she had to go to Columbus for it and I had a very hectic work schedule around that time. Luckily, my city’s emergency clinic would transport her to Columbus for a fee. I jumped on that option and took her in early (we’re talking 5:30 AM) on a Monday in September last year. Her surgeries were Tuesday and she would have to stay for at least three days to have her eye pressure checked regularly. This in and of itself was stressful for me, not having my dog, but I could only imagine how it was for Mona. At least I knew what was going on. All she knew was she was away from home with strangers.

Her surgeries went good and the specialist was confident eye sight had been restored. But, her eye pressure started going up. Evidently they go conservative with lasering glaucoma (you can go back in but you can’t put it back), so after spending the weekend at the hospital, I was told they had to go back in. After that, her eye pressure was good. Eleven days later, I get my dog back in an ecollar and on five different eye meds, some which were to be given four times a day, and two oral meds. 

Surgery was on her left eye. (Photo credit: Me.)

She would have rechecks every week to two weeks for a little while to ensure everything was healing nicely and the eye pressure was good. And it was. I got the go-ahead to take off her ecollar, although meds would continue for awhile. I left the ecollar on one more day, then took it off. Then, the following Monday when I got home from work, she was squinting. By Tuesday, I could tell she had a corneal ulcer. Ecollar: Back on (to her dismay). Upon recheck, diagnosis: Melting corneal ulcer (basically meaning infected).

Oh boy. 

Melting corneal ulcer. (Photo credit: Me.)

How will this story end? Stay tuned for the final installment of "The Story Of An Eye".