Curses, Foiled Again--update post vet
Eileen Morgan
eye was swollen shut. I tried to flip open the lids and have a look and
she was so inflamed I could only see a slit of the eyeball. Yikes.
Anyhow, the vet thinks she was stung in the eye. We had to sedate her,
then block the eyelids, and even then the vet had a hard time staining
and medicating the eye because the inflammation was so intense. We gave
her antihistamines, steroids, antibiotic--topical and injected--plus
flushed the eye out as best we could. I have bute paste and antibiotics
and orders to give her 12 benadryl by mouth if the swelling isn't coming
down. She can go out with a fly mask.
Poor thing. She's miserable and it is very painful.
Eileen Morgan
The Mare's Nest (PA)
http://www.themaresnest.com
Joyce Reynolds-Ward
wrote:
Stung in the eye?!!??
Poor girl. Best sympathies.
I get nervous just noticing how active the bees and wasps are already
this summer. Also makes me wonder if we're not in for another hard
winter here.
jrw
Emily Brooks
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> Anyhow, the vet thinks she was stung in the eye.
Good vibes for Moonlight and all her caretakers.
Emily
Eileen Morgan
> "Eileen Morgan" <eg...@ptd.net> wrote in message
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>> Anyhow, the vet thinks she was stung in the eye.
> OMG! How awful!
She looks like she was in a bar fight, honest to goodness--sedated with
lip hanging, drool, blood on her neck from her shots, huge eye swollen
shut and oozing . . . we could not find where the stinger actually got
her, although there was a sting area below the eye (not part of the
swollen part, separate spot). The inflammation is such that it is
impossible to really get a good exam of the structures of the eye past
the staining and searching for a scratch or puncture on the eyeball. The
lids are over a centimeter thick each, probably a good half inch each.
You can barely find the eyeball in all that red and yellow mess. I've
never seen an eye quite like that before.
> Good vibes for Moonlight and all her caretakers.
Thanks. It will be so fun to goop it with meds--even with sedation, she
had me off my feet several times in the effort to block the lids enough
for examination. And Moonlight is one of the best horses for the vet, ever.
Eileen Morgan
> Stung in the eye?!!??
Eyelids? I don't think the eyeball itself as that would have shown on
the stain, right? And since there was a sting right below the tear duct
area which was on a bony area and unhappy but not enormous, for all we
know she got into a nest of something and got nailed by more than one.
> Poor girl. Best sympathies.
She really looks pitiful and feels worse, I am sure. She's normally very
stoic, but she was picking me right up off my feet during the exam.
Never moved her feet, though, just up with the head and neck. No running
us over, threatening, or anything ugly--and with pain like a sting in
the eye area, who on earth could blame her for being evasive? And also,
she can't see at all out of that eye, it's entirely sealed by the
swelling, so the vet touching her always would come out of nowhere.
> I get nervous just noticing how active the bees and wasps are already
> this summer. Also makes me wonder if we're not in for another hard
> winter here.
With the cool wet weather we have a bumper crop of every kind of bug. ICK.
Jill
> Emily Brooks wrote:
>> "Eileen Morgan" <eg...@ptd.net> wrote in message
>> news:4a4ff65b$0$27660$ce5e...@news-radius.ptd.net...
>>> Anyhow, the vet thinks she was stung in the eye.
>> OMG! How awful!
>
> She looks like she was in a bar fight, honest to goodness--sedated
> with lip hanging, drool, blood on her neck from her shots, huge eye
> swollen shut and oozing . . . we could not find where the stinger
> actually got her, although there was a sting area below the eye (not
> part of the swollen part, separate spot). The inflammation is such
> that it is impossible to really get a good exam of the structures of
> the eye past
> the staining and searching for a scratch or puncture on the eyeball.
> The lids are over a centimeter thick each, probably a good half inch
> each.
> You can barely find the eyeball in all that red and yellow mess. I've
> never seen an eye quite like that before.
I would get some apis mel - along with what you are doing
http://thevitalforceforhorse.com/kit.html#apis
bless her cotton socks, and yours.
--
regards
Jill Bowis
Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
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Catja Pafort
> We went to get Lite and Belles for a ride in the park and Moonlight's
> eye was swollen shut. I tried to flip open the lids and have a look and
> she was so inflamed I could only see a slit of the eyeball. Yikes.
Poor girl. Sympathies all around.
Catja
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Tamara in TN
The inflammation is such that it is
> impossible to really get a good exam of the structures of the eye past
> the staining and searching for a scratch or puncture on the eyeball. The
> lids are over a centimeter thick each, probably a good half inch each.
> You can barely find the eyeball in all that red and yellow mess. I've
> never seen an eye quite like that before.
>
that was my mare the day she went full blown moonblindness...
did they do any antibiotics or drops or anything...I have my fingers
crossed for you...it is an awful long drawn out mess...
Tamara in TN
JJ
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> I get nervous just noticing how active the bees and wasps are already
> this summer. Also makes me wonder if we're not in for another hard
> winter here.
Me too! Comet's got some of the "stinger bugs" living in her stall door
frame! Yikes! JJ
JJ
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> Poor thing. She's miserable and it is very painful.
Oh poor baby! I wish her the best...JJ
LandShark
Geez, Eileen... so, so sorry. Poor girl. Keep us posted, please.
Ruth W.
Eileen Morgan
puffy. So, all is well!
Eileen Morgan
The Mare's Nest
Joyce Reynolds-Ward
wrote:
>Moonlight's stung eye has returned to basically normal, just a tinge
>puffy. So, all is well!
Yay!
jrw