daisyprincess
Posted : 9/5/2008 11:18:48 PM
Took Daisy to the specialist today, I didn't want to wait any longer my vet wanted me to wait until he retested her pressure again next week but I was to worry I just went ahead and called the doctor myself, her left eye I already knew it could not be saved seeing how her lens is floating but her levels in that eye are in the 70's.
He checked her levels her left eye was 74 and her right eye was 56 and normal pressure is from 12-18 so he did some treatments with drops and we had to wait like 45mins to an hour and before we left he retested her pressure in her eyes the left eye was 70 and her right eye went all the way down to 21 which he was very happy with seeing how the normal range is 12-18.
He said there are alot of if's right now and he said the nerves in her right eye might not be all gone so he gave me 5 more meds to add to her 3 we have from the regular vet. He does want me to take Daisy to the regular vet on monday to check her pressure again and see if the meds are working so depending on how her meds work until monday we will take it from there. It's glaucoma that is why her eye sight is like this, he said most likely she was born like that and as the years went by they got worse. He also said it's from her breed and he also guessed to Daisy either having beagle or basset hound in her.
That's all I have so far just if's and the possibility that her eye sight in her right eye might not be gone for good so I have my fingers crossed that these meds work great for her and she regains her sight, also he said he can go into her eye and take some fluid out to relieve the pressure, but to try the meds first.
Well I should head to bed gotta get up at 3am and give her meds
she's on Rimadyl, Amlodipine, Timolol, Travatan, Demecarium, Pibcarpine, Prednisolone, Azopt.
Please keep Daisy in your prayers as she needs them right now and thanks again for the help everyone I guess I have no luck with dogs forgot I gotta take Lucky to the vets tomorrow she's limping she hurt her leg some how outside, she's walking on it now but has a limp and sometimes has her paw up.
Just a question seeing how I have to keep taking Daisy in to check her pressure do you think if I asked the vet if he can just charge me for the pressure test he'll go for it??? doubt it but I think I might give it a try Thanks again everyone