Sometimes disasters are a blessing in disguise

My real vet came to see Truffles today.  He was there to either repair or remove the lavage system.  When he took off her mask, he noticed that her eyelid was moving!  That was a great thing!  That means she could probably blink now.  It was a true blessing from God!  I was not holding much hope in a speedy recovery as I am an eternal pessimist. He gave her a "la la" shot and had to give her another because she was still too wiggly for removal of stitches in the eye.  Here is a lovely shot of her using the wall to hold herself up.

Too many happy shots

My vet removed the stitches in her eye and she actually blinked! Not once, but twice. Then he took the staples out of the underside of her head and the incision was clean and very nicely healed.  When she finally "came to," I gave her her favorite mush to eat and a lovely warm-water bath.  See how much better her lip looks in this shot.  It still tweaks a little from time to time.

much perkier now

See my lip?  It's getting better

 Now we have to wait to see if she is making any tears to lubricate her eye. Right now we are having to put ointments and such into her eyes on the same regiment as before.  I hope she makes tears soon because she really hates  being messed with.

So as upset as I was over the torn tubing, yesterday.  It all worked out for the better because we got to remove the whole thing from her eye.  Funny thing was the 2 corneal ulcers were healing nicely but the lavage system was causing another.  This may not be the case for all lavage systems, just her situation.

I am gaining some hope that we will conquer this problem and that I will get my riding horse back.  I think it will take a while before I can ride her. My vet will tell me when he thinks it is safe to do so and I will ask for assurance that this thing is solved and that nothing will "grow back" or anything like that.