I feel bad now that I didn't have him checked out sooner. He didn't just get a poke in the eye. He has something literally embedded in his cornea! Poor little guy.
Under the bright lights of the vet's office I could see how red it was. The vet explained that there are no blood vessels in the cornea, it's not made of much, so the outer blood vessels are trying to feed it to heal it.
I saw Dr. Kim O'Reilly for the first time in 11+ years although she called in Dr. Luc Lavoie - my main veterinarian at Cedarbrae Veterinarian Clinic to get confirmation. She could immediately see that something was in the eye. At first Dr. Lavoie thought it may be on the eye surface but unfortunately it is inside his eyeball. It sounds really awful. The cornea cannot grow back so they have to take a "flap" from another piece of his eye and transplant it there then let it heal/grown. He will have to wear a 'cone' (for lack of not remembering what she actually called it) and must wear it 24-7 otherwise he will rip out the surgery.
I was really upset as I couldn't believe my poor little Shih-Tzu had been suffering for days and would now have to go under the knife and general anesthetic. I thought I'd be done with my appointment within an hour but it was longer than that and I have to leave him there overnight. I pick him up tomorrow by noon.
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