racebuddy
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Fingers crossed xxxx keep us uodated xxx what a story xxx
Well, after posting with such optimism, the following day a new patch of melting appeared. That was on Sunday. It hasn’t stabilised yet and it’s looking unlikely I can move Albert closer to home any time soon.
My main vet has been away for a few days but is back today so I’m hoping for a bit more information later. The past few days all I’ve heard is “no changeâ€.
I’m back to feeling a bit pessimistic about it all to be honest. We have now reached the end of the fourth week and his eye is still melting. The deeper ulcer is still there, and I suspect that is what is preventing his cornea from stabilising. Still hoping for a good outcome because I doubt Albert would adapt to losing his eye. But it seems less and less likely as time goes on. We seem to make progress and it goes right back to melting again.
So sorry to hear this. Can I ask why you think he won't adapt to having one eye? I see in the pictures he has a mask on, does this block out/totally cover his bad eye? I'm coming at this from the owner of a one eyed horse (since Feb this year), his was not an eye issue, but a tumour on the third eyelid, so we went from full eyesight in both to just one. From what I understand horses that have ulcer type issues often seem relieved once the eye has been removed, as when the eye has been really bad it is a source of a lot of pain/discomfort.
I hope he gets fixed but I'd give him a chance to see how he copes with 1 eye. I've known a lot blind in one eye (ex polo mainly) & in many cases we didn't know until the vet picked it up at routine health checks. He might be over reacting on that side right now because he's in pain.
Keeping everything crossed for you.