My poor Maggie, 15 year old miniature poodle, has been having issues with her eye. It started with a lens luxation. Then there was hyphema.. we checked pressure about 6 weeks ago and there was no glaucoma at that time but we have been unable to check again.
As of a few days ago her eye was leaking yellow discharge and was glued shut upon waking up. I have applied warm compresses to help unstick her eye. The first time I also carefully used a lid scrub towelette to help disinfect. I ended up stopping her 2 medicated eye drops (diclofenac and dorzolamide) for the lens luxation because it seemed to be hurting her more. She would paw at her eye and lick her paw repeatedly after the drops went in and whimper. It seems the discharge and pain have gotten a little better since doing this. And the swelling has gone down a little.. enough to see that there appears to be a hole in her eye.. I've been on Google.. it looks like possibly a corneal ulcer? And possibly phthisis bulbus? But it's looks worse than some..is there anything I can do at home for her to help this heal comfortably or help prevent infection? She has also is having a lot of sneezing fits.. I think related to what is going on with her eye.
Since a couple of days after her last vet appointment, our vehicle died which put us in a very rough financial position as I am looking for work and my husband drove uber so he has also been out of work and we are stranded pretty far from anything. We cannot afford to take an uber to the vet or even pay for an appointment at this time. I wish I could.
I feel awful to be in this position when she really needs to see a vet. Trying to make that happen asap. But realistically that might look like another week or so away. Just would like to know what I can do in the mean time.