Please keep Reece in your thoughts :(

poor Reecie!!!
He will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks so much everyone. I'm double nervous this morning - on my way to my own appointment then off to his right after. I'll check back in about 5 hours or so and let you all know what the doctor said.

We really appreciate all of the prayers and thoughts :)

Prayers and good thoughts on the way for you both. Good luck with your appointments Aly & Reece {{Hugs}}.

Good luck at both appointments.

I know Reece will probably adjust to life just fine, but we need to help his mommy a lil bit, don't we? ;)
{{HUGS}} to you Aly, and to Reece, Lolly, & The kitties. It was nice to see some pictures of them. :)

Glacier and Parnone are right on. It's harder for Mom than the dog.

Bear was blind for almost 5 years before he went to the bridge. He had cataracts due to diabetes. I didn't have the cataracts removed in time and they grew back into his eye so they became inoperable. He devoped glaucoma later and needed drops to keep the pressure down. I finally realized that he was never going to see anyway, so I had his eyes removed. No more drops (very expensive ones). He was as relieved as I was.

He never missed a beat! He wasn't real active, but still did all the things he wanted to.

I hope the vet visit is a good one. We'll be waiting for news.

Mary

Good luck at the appointment. I hope there is something that can be done for Reece. Good luck! Good thoughts and prayers on their way!

Good luck Reece!! You will be in my thoughts!! :(

Hope Reece's appointment is going well, Aly.

I'll pray and cross my fingers everything will work out.

Hugs,
Kelly :)

Thinking of you and hoping all is going your way:)

We're both back from our doctors now (with many prescriptions in tow!).

Lets see, where to begin. When we walked in, the doctor looked at his eye and said "That isn't good" :( :( He examined both eyes very thoroughly and basically confirmed what I suspected about his vision. He is completely blind in one eye and is only light responsive out of the other (just about as close to blind as possible). Thankfully, he doesn't think that he has glaucoma. The red eye is filled with blood from a hemorrhage that could have been caused by a multitude of things. He talked extensively about everything that it *could* be, but said he suspects the hemorrhage mostly likely happened as a result of the cataracts. To be on the safe side, Reece is going in (to his new vet where I work) for complete blood work. The eye doc put him on antibiotics, prednisone, and pred eye drops. Hopefully that will clear up his little hemorrhage. If so, and if his blood results are normal (which I think they will be), then I can schedule surgery for Reece's other eye. We initially weren't going to do this eye because the cataracts weren't as complete. And just in case something in the surgery messed up, at least it would be his bad eye we were operating on and not the one he could still sort of see out of. Now that he is completely blind in the bad eye though, and his cataracts are more complete in the other eye and he can't really see anyway, we're going to operate on that one. We're going for a re-check appointment in 2 weeks. I'll schedule his surgery at that time if everything else is okay.

Blaaaah... his ears are also pretty swollen right now from yeast infections. I'm going to get more of his medicated ointment when I take him for his bloodwork. Ohhh, the health problems of a Poodle :(

Reecie wants to tell everyone thanks for caring about him :) He was a fraidy cat at the doc, but he's doing okay. He's always very cooperative, but he will shake and moan a little while he's being poked and prodded. He kept trying to play with a Bichon that was in the waiting room. The doctor said he's in no pain at all, so there is one good thing. The doctor also said that maybe it is a blessing in disguise that we didn't do the surgery sooner in his bad eye... because this still could have happened and then we would have done the surgery for no reason.

At least he's not in pain. That should make you rest easy. Did you like the Dr? Tell Reecie that Peej is on prednisone and pred drops too so hopefully he won't feel alone. ;)

Hope the medicine helps Reece feel better. Good luck on his
upcoming surgery. Reece is such a sweet doggie. A real cutie.:)

Thank gosh he's in no pain. What a good boy he is.
Many hugs to you and him...

I'm glad he's not in pain and even felt like playing. That shows a very good outlook. I think he'll be just fine.

Good to know he doesn't have glaucoma!

Hope the meds clear up his hemorrhage. We'll all be waiting to hear how the sweety does.

Mary

Thanks for the update, Aly. I'm also glad he is not in pain. I will continue to keep him in my thoughts and prayers for a successful surgery.

Oh Aly I just saw this and read through the whole thread just now. My heart is broken that little Reecie is going through all of this. Here are some big (((HUGS))) for you both. I am glad Reece will be having a battery of blood tests. I work for an ophthalmologist and was wondering all through the thread if Reece might have undiagnosed diabetes and hence some form of diabetic retinopathy causing leaky blood vessels in his eyes. I am far from a doctor and really only type his dictation but have picked up on a lot of things over the years.

A friend of mine had cataract surgery for her dog and it was quite successful. I hope that will be the case with Reecie. Bella and Ripley send him lots of special 'poodle healing vibes.' ;)

Aly, as you know, I had many, many problems with Bella's ears in the past, all of which began immediately after I started taking her to a professional groomer. Last October my vet did a complete ear flush (under general anesthesia) as he was also removing a cyst and cleaning her teeth. To this date there has been NO recurrence of any yeast!!!!! Of course I stopped taking her to the groomer as well because I believe that the source of the infection was that they were getting lots of water into her ears that she was unable to shake out. I would definitely recommend this as something you might try with Reece. I have been able to stick my nose entirely in her ears (a really funny sight!) and breath deeply and there is not a hint of an odor and they are bone dry!

I will keep little Reecie in my thoughts and you as well. Hang in there!!

Oh Aly thankyou fr updating us. Poor Reece, i am glad to hear he is not in any pain though. I will keep you in my thoughts {{Hugs}}.

You and Reece will be in my thoughts! I'm so glad he's not in any pain.

Thanks for the advice, Pam. I will definately talk to my vet about the ears because something really has to be done. It has been a constant battle for 4 years now. I really hope his eye condition isn't from diabetes. I don't think it is though because he doesn't have any of the other symptoms (increased thirst, urination, etc). I *think* I would recognize the symptoms since I have diabetes myself, but maybe I did overlook something. I just can't wait to get his blood taken so I can find out if anything else is going on or not................. *nervous*

Aly, I'm so sorry I only saw this thread now. Haven't been around much lately.
Poor little Reece, but at least is good to know he's not in pain.
Many good thoughts and prayers going his way with best wishes for a successful surgery.

We won't be getting his blood results until tomorrow, but I did talk to the doctor last night about his ears. He strongly recommended one of 2 ear operations (umm a resection? and something else). He said if it were his dog, he'd do it right away. One of the surgeries would leave him deaf :( :( The resection (?) would still allow him to hear though. Ugh, ugh ugh. My poor baby :( The doctor said to go ahead and clear up the eyes and do cataract surgery first. I wish they could do it all at once so he doesn't have to be sedated multiple times. Geez, I feel so awful about this.

I was a bit overwhelmed so I didn't get all the information possible. I'm on my way to work now though and will talk to the doctor about the surgeries further.

That's so much for you two to go through. I hope everything works out for you.

Aly, Reece has spirit and Reece has heart - no operation or "procedure" will take that away from one of my favorite pups in the world :) I wish I could hold you both. Actually in this weird cyber space we sometimes live in I AM holding you both. And Lolly[pop] too.

That was very well said lbaker, and I want to second all of it. It is an awful lot to go through at one time. It will all work out alright, wait until you see what a tough little guy Reece is. Just try to keep your own spirits up while all of the plans and such are being made for Reece's operations. I will keep you and Reece in my thoughts and prayers.

I will keep you and Reece in my thoughts. :) I'm sure everything will be just fine!

Sorry I'm so late seeing this, Aly. {Hugs} to you and our beloved Reece. Tsk, tsk, so sad, so much going on at one time. Praying, praying, praying that the meds will help Reecie feel better. Relieved he's not in any pain. What a little trooper. Klo and I are sending healing vibes too.

Keeping the prayers going for Reecie, and you. {{hugs}}

Chris

Sorry I am late seeing the update :o It's good that he isn't in any pain. ((((((hugs to you and him)))))))))

I will keep Reece in my thoughts!! ((((((HUGS))))))

I stopped by work to look at Reece's blood results today. The vet working at the time was very busy, so I didn't get to talk to him. Everything was in normal range though except one thing. I'm not quite sure what that was, but it was just slightly elevated so I'm not panicking just yet. I'll know for sure on Monday.