Medical Miracle
Or Good Doctors, or Good Luck...
On Thursday Jan. 18 we noticed Lola's' eye was a little red after we got back from our Morning hike.
Friday Morning the vet visited first thing and her entire eyeball was filled with blood! It appeared to be from trauma but we couldn't recall anything that would have caused that...began medicating and discussed possibly removing the eye if the retina was detached. She couldn't see out of it.
Early Saturday Morning she was completely blind in both eyes! Emergency trip to vet for bloodwork ruled out poisoning but blood platelet count was down to 35,000 from 500,000. No tick borne disease was found, most likely autoimmune disease.
Began antibiotics just in case it is tick borne and steroids to get blood counts up, Her vision slowly returned. Daily blood tests finally showed improvement after almost a week. Another week later and her blood was near normal. Cut steroids in half and will wait 2 more weeks.
She lost a lot of weight to the point of instability but has gained some back and continues to look better every day.
I know things could turn ugly real quick but it's also possible it was from one of the many ticks she's had and could completely resolve.
The Doctors weren't very optimistic at first but continue to be pleasantly surprised by her progress:)
Medical Miracle
Or Good Doctors, or Good Luck...
On Thursday Jan. 18 we noticed Lola's' eye was a little red after we got back from our Morning hike.
Friday Morning the vet visited first thing and her entire eyeball was filled with blood! It appeared to be from trauma but we couldn't recall anything that would have caused that...began medicating and discussed possibly removing the eye if the retina was detached. She couldn't see out of it.
Early Saturday Morning she was completely blind in both eyes! Emergency trip to vet for bloodwork ruled out poisoning but blood platelet count was down to 35,000 from 500,000. No tick borne disease was found, most likely autoimmune disease.
Began antibiotics just in case it is tick borne and steroids to get blood counts up, Her vision slowly returned. Daily blood tests finally showed improvement after almost a week. Another week later and her blood was near normal. Cut steroids in half and will wait 2 more weeks.
She lost a lot of weight to the point of instability but has gained some back and continues to look better every day.
I know things could turn ugly real quick but it's also possible it was from one of the many ticks she's had and could completely resolve.
The Doctors weren't very optimistic at first but continue to be pleasantly surprised by her progress:)