Assistance Would Be Awesome!
Submitted by trafficman337 on October 24, 2015 - 4:40pmHello All,
Our Bulldog Jake is coming up on his 18 month birthday. He was fixed about five months ago and the vet did an awesome job. Jake tolerated everything well and he came home that evening. All was good. Unfortunately about four months ago, Jake developed Cherry Eye in his left eye. We brought him to the vet and he told us that it would be about a twenty to twenty five minute procedure to fix this common issue. Well, this wasn't the case.
Jake "crashed" on the Operating Table and almost died. The vet had to shoot him up with epinepherine to bring him back. According to the vet, Jake's heart rate and respirations decreased to a dangerous point. The surgery was aborted and we picked Jake up the next day after he spent the night in the vet's ICU. The vet told us he used the same anesthisia as he did when Jake was fixed and couldn't understand what had happened.
Currently, Jake is doing fine. He still has his Cherry Eye, but he is back to normal. My question is what do we do now? All that I have read is that you can't ignore the Cherry Eye. However, we are mortified about him going under again!
Any help????
Such a tough decision for you. I would be scared to
put him under. Maybe go see a dog opthamologist for possibly some other options. Our 2 bully's never had cherry eye, but they do get drops and ointment 2x a day. Good Luck with whatever you decide.
Cherry eye
The usual procedure now is to tack the gland into place. Not a big deal except for the anesthesia. Before the procedure consisted ofsnipping the gland out. Much quicker. This was discontinued because it was thought to contribute to dry eye. However a canine eye specialist that I consulted due to my dog having very "droopy" eyes and one that had entropian told me that removing the gland entirely did not in his opinion cause dry eye and although not the usual way to treat was just as successful if not better. Often the tack comes loose and the cherry eye reoccurs. If the gland is totally removed this cannot happen so once removed it is fixed forever. He said there are additional glands that moisten the eye. The one causing cherry eye is not the only one. The great think is that this takes only seconds. It does not require sedation. A mild sedative may be need to calm a rambunctios dog. He was able to do the procedure is seconds and did not even need to sedate. You might ask your vet or find an eye specialist.
Miriam
omegabulldogs@aol.com
I totally agree...
removing the gland completely is the way to go. Can be done with a local instead of general and we never had dry eye problems after. Hope all goes well.
Also...
do you know what anesthesia the vet used on Jake? Did they give him any sedatives (ACE for one is really bad for our guys). Just curious. Usually with bulldogs they use Isoflurane gas which is easy to wake them from.