My year old PWD puppy drew the short straw and got blastomycosis this fall, which formed a fungal mass in his eye and caused his retina to detach. Poor guy. Six weeks later (and plenty of bloodwork, scans, Xray of lungs, eye drops, meds meds meds, and two injections in the eye), the retina is still only 1/3 reattached and there’s still fungus behind it, though lacy looking rather than solid. Opthalmologist confirmed he has no vision in that eye and it’s not coming back, so we’re taking it out.
Anyone been through this? He’ll need to stay quiet and live in a cone for 2 weeks post-surgery, and that’s going to be a challenge. I mean, he’s a PWD puppy born to do agility and work. He greets the dawn by jumping straight in the air like a jack in the box. Surgeon is going to give us gabapentin to keep him quiet (we’ll see how that works) but I’ve got 2 weeks to strategize and want to plan well. Thinking we’ll up our obedience game - mental fatigue is a good thing sometimes - and freeze his food in toppls, maybe dust off crate games. Comfy cone is on order. Fortunately I usually work from home and can bring him to the office when I go in.
The good news is that he seems to be getting by just fine with one eye. TIA!
because the dog had everything’s location memorized.