LisaBrass
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Hello y’all, hoping someone might have some insight that’ll calm this Mama’s heart.
I recently took my boy, Zion (3yo), into a somewhat new vet for what I thought might be allergies.. he had a watery left eye that wasn’t getting better like it usually would. Vet checked/tested ears and ended up saying his left ear had an infection so it was treated with Osurnia (Otic gel)..
4 hours later after we were home and he woke from a nap his third eyelid was half way over his eye and he seemed painful, swollen/sunken. Also, his pupils aren’t symmetrical.. left isn’t dilated properly. I have never seen his eye like that..Rinsed it and called multiple emergency vets who all gave different answers, but none familiar with Osurnia.
At the time I was worried some might have drained into his eye while sleeping considering he has no fluff to protect or detour it from doing so..
I was able to get him back in to the same vet the next day. Vet assumed it was a herpes flare up caused by the ear infection.. he wasn’t and hasn’t been tested yet, which I’m not sure why now..eyedrops were prescribed for a week. During that week he lost most interest in food and pretty much everything, became completely off balanced and weak. He finally gained an appetite and got some balance back..went back again for a second round of Osurnia.
His eye continued to look the same and next check up I was told his ear infection was cleared and new eye drops prescribed.. went from a steroid to non steroid to try soothing his eye.
Would an oral antibiotic normally be prescribed too for an ear/eye infection??
Since that visit, 4 days ago, his energy and everything seems mostly normal, but these eyedrops don’t seem to be helping either and oddly enough his ear seems to be bothering him now when it hadn’t seemed to phase him prior to the first visit. I did give him about a days break between the switch in drops to see if maybe having his eye handled so much was actually adding to the mess, it didn’t seem to make a difference.
I’ve stressed I had concerns about Osurnia possibly getting in his eye while he slept, they claimed highly unlikely.. even though I had to constantly keep it from running from his ear. They did an eye test with dye to make sure his eye wasn’t scratched and said it looks healthy aside from the swelling and third eyelid/pupil..
When looking up Osurnia side effects there’s been eye damage due to drainage/splatter from shakingand Horners Syndrome was also mentioned.
After looking into it I can’t help but feel Horners Syndrome seems like what could be going on with him..it can be caused by the treatment and or the medication used.
I am planning to call tomorrow to let them know I feel like these drops aren’t making things any better, if anything they seem to irritate him more.
I was just hoping someone might possibly have some thoughts on this. Has any of you dealt with a similar situation? Anyone familiar with Horners Syndrome?
My apologies for the unorganized rant, unable to sleep hoping to find answers for my baby.
Normal..
Top Two are day of first appointment
Bottom Two are 4 hours after treatment
Tonight. Not the best picture of course..
I recently took my boy, Zion (3yo), into a somewhat new vet for what I thought might be allergies.. he had a watery left eye that wasn’t getting better like it usually would. Vet checked/tested ears and ended up saying his left ear had an infection so it was treated with Osurnia (Otic gel)..
4 hours later after we were home and he woke from a nap his third eyelid was half way over his eye and he seemed painful, swollen/sunken. Also, his pupils aren’t symmetrical.. left isn’t dilated properly. I have never seen his eye like that..Rinsed it and called multiple emergency vets who all gave different answers, but none familiar with Osurnia.
At the time I was worried some might have drained into his eye while sleeping considering he has no fluff to protect or detour it from doing so..
I was able to get him back in to the same vet the next day. Vet assumed it was a herpes flare up caused by the ear infection.. he wasn’t and hasn’t been tested yet, which I’m not sure why now..eyedrops were prescribed for a week. During that week he lost most interest in food and pretty much everything, became completely off balanced and weak. He finally gained an appetite and got some balance back..went back again for a second round of Osurnia.
His eye continued to look the same and next check up I was told his ear infection was cleared and new eye drops prescribed.. went from a steroid to non steroid to try soothing his eye.
Would an oral antibiotic normally be prescribed too for an ear/eye infection??
Since that visit, 4 days ago, his energy and everything seems mostly normal, but these eyedrops don’t seem to be helping either and oddly enough his ear seems to be bothering him now when it hadn’t seemed to phase him prior to the first visit. I did give him about a days break between the switch in drops to see if maybe having his eye handled so much was actually adding to the mess, it didn’t seem to make a difference.
I’ve stressed I had concerns about Osurnia possibly getting in his eye while he slept, they claimed highly unlikely.. even though I had to constantly keep it from running from his ear. They did an eye test with dye to make sure his eye wasn’t scratched and said it looks healthy aside from the swelling and third eyelid/pupil..
When looking up Osurnia side effects there’s been eye damage due to drainage/splatter from shakingand Horners Syndrome was also mentioned.
After looking into it I can’t help but feel Horners Syndrome seems like what could be going on with him..it can be caused by the treatment and or the medication used.
I am planning to call tomorrow to let them know I feel like these drops aren’t making things any better, if anything they seem to irritate him more.
I was just hoping someone might possibly have some thoughts on this. Has any of you dealt with a similar situation? Anyone familiar with Horners Syndrome?
My apologies for the unorganized rant, unable to sleep hoping to find answers for my baby.
Normal..
Top Two are day of first appointment
Bottom Two are 4 hours after treatment
Tonight. Not the best picture of course..