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Good thoughts needed

Posted : 1/28/2010 10:26:26 AM

We need some good thoughts right now...my mom just called and told me they are rushing Tequila, their 12 year old Shih Tzu/Pom mix, to the vet. She said it looks like there is a hole in her eyeball and there is material leaking out of it. No idea what happened, but it is her good eye that is affected....several years ago her other eye was removed from the socket when she got run into by another dog during outdoor play. The eye was able to be put back in and some sight remained, but it was never to be 100% again.

I pretty much grew up with this little girl, I was eleven when we got her, and she's been there during the raising of every Schnauzer in the house to ever go through, so she's very near and dear to my heart.

Please send good vibes to her as we await news on what happened.

sharismom

Posted : 1/28/2010 10:33:38 AM

Sounds like a ruptured eyeball - very, very painful.

Here's good thoughts that it's nothing worse. The doc will have to remove the eye, but she can manage.

((Hugs))

JackieG

Posted : 1/28/2010 10:37:06 AM

Good thoughts and prayers heading her way.

shadowsgin

Posted : 1/28/2010 10:37:24 AM

Good vibes coming from us for Tequila!

calliecritturs

Posted : 1/28/2010 10:46:31 AM

Oh bless her little heart -- and your Mom as well. Lordy, that would be enough to make a strong woman faint.

She can live without sight pretty easily -- it's their least reliable sense and it sounds to me like she's a pretty confident little sprite to manage THAT household??

Tell your Mom good thots and prayers coming abundantly and holler if there is anything she needs to help. Surgery on an older dog isn't a huge deal if they do bloodwork first. Contact your Mom and tell her to have them do her teeth while she's sedated -- they'll have to examine the mouth well anyway.

BEVOLASVEGAS

Posted : 1/28/2010 10:47:53 AM

Good thoughts coming her way.

iluvjamison

Posted : 1/28/2010 11:29:21 AM

Good vibes being sent your way.

Deb W.

willowchow

Posted : 1/28/2010 11:33:00 AM

Good thoughts coming to all of you from all of us!!

Lori, DH and Willow

Mechanical Angel

Posted : 1/28/2010 1:17:07 PM

All my good thoughts coming her way!

miranadobe

Posted : 1/28/2010 1:26:16 PM

Ugh, I got chills reading that. Thoughts of strength for your mom (I know I'd need it, worrying about an eye injury, eek!) and healing and comfort for Tequila!

Johnny&Tessy

Posted : 1/28/2010 1:33:27 PM

miranadobe

Ugh, I got chills reading that.

You got that right! Sending Tequila healing vibes and prayers.

janobonano

Posted : 1/28/2010 2:52:06 PM

Owie. Good thoughts on the way.

Kim_MacMillan

Posted : 1/28/2010 8:16:22 PM

I'm sad to say that due to the severity of the situation, and her age, it was decided that rather than do an invasive surgery, they let her cross over peacefully to the rainbow bridge.

It was not a decision made easily. The younger dogs were already beginning to pick on her due to her "fragility", which was manageable up to this point, but the vets (two vets that we are all very very close to) thought that it would likely make her a walking target for the Schnauzers once she was even more disabled than she was now. It turned out that her other eye had cataracts which means she would have been totally blind after the surgery, and she went through a lot of pain and trouble with the first surgery. That, combined with her existing issues of the treatments she was on for pains in her front end, and not being able to go up or down stairs, they decided together that it was time to let her pass peacefully and be free of pain.

I'm heartbroken for this little girl. She's had quite a life.

willowchow

Posted : 1/28/2010 8:30:41 PM

Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss Kim.

Run free, Tequila Broken Heart

Jewlieee

Posted : 1/28/2010 9:24:03 PM

Aw poor girl. Hugs to you, your mom and your family