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I treat a lot of eye ulcers in various species in very similar ways and it sounds like your vet is doing a very good job.  The drains and stents and things look nasty, but that’s what will give the best chance to get the ulcer healed.  It’s VERY important that you not cut corners in the rinsing and antibiotics---the eye is somewhat isolated from the rest of the body’s immune defenses and so it’s easy for a minor infection to get way out of hand very rapidly.  Thus the dosing frequency and measures to keep it protected from further damage.  Absolute worse case scenario is that he also loses eyesight in that eye---there are a LOT of horses that do amazingly well regardless.

 

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

 

 

A friend of mines 22 yr old gelding just went to the vet yesterday because she noticed he was acting like he could not see  ( his right eye was poked out years ago by his old owner's jackass kids) his left eye was watery and he seamed like he could see shadow's.They got him to the vet where the said he had an ulceration of the eye. but from what who knows .They could not find anything in it. The poor guy looks like Frankenstein they had to sew the eye closed and use tubing to keep The stitches from riping and a drain line and another IV lock type thing to put antibiotics and a rinse threw every 3 hours!! for almost 2 weeks! (I get that fun job while she is at work) anyways the prognoses for if he will see again sounds 50/50 anyone have any experience with this? any success story's or at least story's that will encourage her?

Jamie