Martha had an accident about 2 months ago.
She had a hole in her eye.
(a branch? while she was playing? or maybe she scratched herself? We can’t say)
It never really healed and now she was having the one infection after the other.
She has been treated with antibiotics, eye ointment and eye-drops.
At the end the vet proposed medical surgery.
She would place Martha a screen (that means deliberately make a wound)
so the hole would heal faster.
We are not that keen on surgeries cause there is to many risk with the anaesthetic for bulldogs.
So we asked for a second opinion. We were referred to Dr Anne-Marie Verbruggen.
She is one of the best eye surgeons for pets in
She told us that the hole was closed but that it would always be a weak point in the eye.
So she also proposed surgery but not by placing a screen because the hole was already closed but by strengthen the hole.
Last Monday, the 16th of June, Martha had surgery.
The doctor cut a little piece of mucous membrane and saw this over the hole.
Everything went well but it is a tough healing process.
Despite her collar Martha is still able to bump her eye.
We really have to watch her all the time and be very carefully.
Because she is in a lot of pain she walks around in the house a lot
what makes it even a bigger risk.
We hope she’ll get better soon so she can cheerful frisk around again.
She has a check up next Monday, the 23th of June and, hopefully, within 3 weeks the doctor will remove the thread.
Fingers crossed!
No scary picture of our patient because that is so sad. So I made a little drawing.
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