Part 2: The Trip to the Vet
During the car ride, Marlo was pretty calm. She did not act hurt or upset. She just wanted to look out the window. Laura, on the other hand, was pretty upset. I think she was worried Marlo would bleed to death, or that there were more serious internal injuries that we didn’t know about. It was really hard to look at Marlo with her eye bleeding and her face covered in blood.
Once we got to the vet, Marlo was less calm. Marlo hates the vet. She growled at the staff members every time they touched her, even after she had been sedated. At first there was a slight hope that she would be able to keep her eye if we tried a process using her third eyelid. Basically, the vet sews the third eyelid over the eyeball to protect it and promote healing, in hopes that the eye will repair itself. This only works if the damage is minor and if the cornea is not hurt. Even if the eye is a candidate for this procedure, there are often complications and infections that can show up later on, making it necessary to remove the eye after all. After the vet got a chance to better inspect her wound, we found out that Marlo would not be able to see again from that eye since Misha’s tooth had directly punctured her eye instead of just lacerating it. The vet said Marlo’s eye was ‘unresponsive.’ Basically, the eye was looking in the wrong direction and there was a lot of bleeding. So Marlo stayed overnight at the hospital for a surgery called enucleation.
During the car ride, Marlo was pretty calm. She did not act hurt or upset. She just wanted to look out the window. Laura, on the other hand, was pretty upset. I think she was worried Marlo would bleed to death, or that there were more serious internal injuries that we didn’t know about. It was really hard to look at Marlo with her eye bleeding and her face covered in blood.
Once we got to the vet, Marlo was less calm. Marlo hates the vet. She growled at the staff members every time they touched her, even after she had been sedated. At first there was a slight hope that she would be able to keep her eye if we tried a process using her third eyelid. Basically, the vet sews the third eyelid over the eyeball to protect it and promote healing, in hopes that the eye will repair itself. This only works if the damage is minor and if the cornea is not hurt. Even if the eye is a candidate for this procedure, there are often complications and infections that can show up later on, making it necessary to remove the eye after all. After the vet got a chance to better inspect her wound, we found out that Marlo would not be able to see again from that eye since Misha’s tooth had directly punctured her eye instead of just lacerating it. The vet said Marlo’s eye was ‘unresponsive.’ Basically, the eye was looking in the wrong direction and there was a lot of bleeding. So Marlo stayed overnight at the hospital for a surgery called enucleation.
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