Sympathy......ever so fleeting!

Yesterday was grooming day.  Freddie L-o-V-e-S!!!! going.  Three hours of people messing with him---AND a ride in the car.  No better day as far as he's concerned.

 

When I picked him up.....life wasn't so good this time.  They said he was scratching at his eye.  He wouldn't open it---even after they 'flushed' it.  No charge today.  But, we think he needs to see his doctor.  Of course, with the 'no charge' ---I'm thinking the worst.  Somebody flinched and some scissors ended up scraping his eye?  We flew to the vet's---ready to wait for as long as it took to be squeezed in.  They took him almost right away when I told them why we were there.  (Now I'm SURE I'm going to have a sightless dog.  Will my "blind" dog need a seeing-eye person with him all the time???--I do have an imagination that can run out of control quickly!)  Lots of eyedrops.  Lots of contrast.  Lots of lights.  He has a bad soap burn.  No permanent damage.  (phew!!!)  In spite of the fact that he hasn't made even a whimper, the vet assured me this really really hurts.  Poor little guy.

 

I spent all yesterday putting pain med drops and antibiotic drops in his eye every two hours.  (He's no dummy----after the first two rounds, we had to play catch-me-if-you-can to get the meds on that eye.)  I  did a LOT of cuddling.  He did a LOT of nuzzling.   By morning, the eye is still dilated because of the meds, but it's open and he's obviously feeling on top of his game......once again....

 

Comments

[Ann Denton]

Stephanie, what is the second picture? It looks like a prosthesis
on a dog's leg....

[Heather]

Poor Freddie. Looks like he is back to his old tricks though.

[Flora Roszel]

He just wants to play with something his mommy has been playing with. ;-)

Flora Mae

[Tracey]

Now Stephanie, you, I, and every knitter around knows that when you don't feel good picking up knitting needles [whether to knit or maybe to have a little chew] always makes you feel better.
Hope Freddy is much better with each passing hour.

[tanna]

Oh, NOOO! Poor Freddie! That must be some kind of POTENT soap to burn his little eyes like that! Yikes!! I think he might be taking a little revenge. ;) Glad he is doing better. blessings ~ tanna

[Joseph]

Good lord! They need to be using the puppy equivalent of No-Tears on that poor little guy.

I hope you don't have to do drops for very long. I'm sure he'll recover and rebound quickly -- they're amazingly resilient little guys.

We got a new lovable foster pup on Tuesday! He's having a rough transition period though... Lots of separation anxiety when we leave the room/house...

[rusty duck]

Oh poor Freddie.
It sounds like he's on the mend, but I do hope he recovers fully soon.
Even if that does mean everything returns to the top shelf..

[Michelle]

Oh, Freddie.... Knitting needles are not toys, dear boy. :-D

[Ginger]

I am so sorry about dear Freddie. The picture broke my heart. But it was good to see him again any way. Post another when he is feeling frisky again.

[Beth J]

Poor puppy :( My little guy is happy until we open the door to the groomer then he puts the brakes on. Feel better Freddie.

[karen]

my stomach flopped when I read this just now :( I hope Freddy is going to be okay, I love him so!! I would not be happy with the groomer at all. I will say a prayer for him and hopefully he will be as good as new!!

[Laura Bray]

Oh poor baby! Glad he's on the mend. Freddie looks just like my late cocker spaniel. They are the sweetest dogs. I lost mine to a back injury that crippled him about 8 years ago and I still miss him.

[Annie @ knitsofacto]

Now I was going to type a poor Freddy, but clearly the need is past if he's eating knitting!

[Shannon]

Poor baby! And after that you can't really fault him for having a little nibble.