Truffles was a little perkier today. She still requires medicine to be injected into the lavage system in her eye. We have to do this 4 times a day... every 6 hours. It is a blessing that I have a wonderful friend who is helping me and I am still on summer break. I don't know what I will do when school starts... :( I don't want to think about that now.
Truffles tried to trot along on our walk this morning. I thought that was great. Her face is still droopy but she is able to eat her alfalfa and her mush that we make from Integrity Senior Horse food. She likes it very much, or should I say "very mush!"
My regular vet will be back by the end of the week so I can't wait to ask him about all this eye medicine and how long we will have to squirt it into the system. I think the medicine is for the corneal ulcers and I don't know how long those take to heal. I know her eye will stay sewn such until she can get her blink back. I wonder if her eye will stay moistened without having the lavage system in there. I will have to wait to answer that question.
In my 40 years of owning horses, I have never heard of such a thing as she is going through (I still can't pronounce it or spell it without looking) and neither have my friends.
This is the reason I am journaling this long process. If you must endure this I hope that this blog will give you help and comfort. I don't know how long this is going to take but I expect ups and downs and a very lengthy blog. If you are reading this and have had to deal with this, I would love to hear from you.
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