Thanks (all of you) for the help and kind words. I really thought I was prepared, I knew deep down it wasn't an injury - I searched my whole house for what she could have hit her eye on (he said blunt force trauma initially - so I was on a hunt).

Before I left I kept saying to my friend/caretaker (God bless her for moving in, whole new topic), "It's not an injury, her eye is turning grey and then blood red..I see something in it...the medicine is making it worse" and so on. Soon as he said tumor, cancer, eye loss, and all of that I didn't know if I had a seizure coming or if I had real nausea for once.

It seemed to not hurt her which is why I questioned an injury, she was fine up until today since, well, her eye is sewn shut and it looks so painful. Ugh, I hate seeing it, I feel horrible. She's so ****** at me. She is associating me with eye drops, forced pills, vets and then I left her with a man who sewed her eye shut. My boyfriend wouldn't even put her drops in tonight saying only one person needed to be the bad guy.

I'd give anything for her and I don't wanna be the bad guy.
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(((((((((Ellie)))))))))))))


as she likes concrete to "go" on, have you thought of maybe getting a couple of those large concrete paving stones at Home Depot and putting them in a few strategic places around the house.

you could also scent them with some of her pee so she recognizes them as "go" spots

re the padding.........you could DIY maybe with some fabric glue and cushioned fabric ?

more ((((((BIG HUGS)))))) to you and the sweety pooch

poor little thing. It is really sad when they get sick this way, since they really don't understand what is going on. I always feel for them.

My son left his cat (who he rescued from a very dismal situation) at an emergency vet 2 weekends ago (she was vomiting non stop and close to collapse), and this freaked her out, as she thought she was abandoned again. She ripped out her IVs, and gave them a hard time (normally she is docile). She is much better now ($800 later)... but I really felt for her too. Animals just don't understand. (she had some infection, thought to be bacterial hepatitis --which I had never heard of)

I hope this sewn shut eye is just temporary? Do they do that so it won't dry out? Or don't you know yet? At least she is home with you.

I am so sorry that you and she have to go thru all this.
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The eye is sewn shut (from what I understand, mind you - I went kind of blank for a moment as he spoke) to prevent infection since her eyeball itself is exposed.

They had scraped (I think this is right) the top layer from her actual eyeball. I think that he said that was to remove any "bad stuff" (I forgot what he said) in case it is/was an infection. I believe that had to be done anyway, in order to get a culture and then biopsy the area.

From what I can tell, there seems to be 2-3 stitches sewing her third eyelids shut. She is still on a bit of medication, she has two drops and one pill type.

I'm going to give it another day, but she has picked up a sniffle today. It mimics her pout, so I'm having problems telling if he's just upset or getting a cold. I'm keeping an eye on her temperature as well as the surgery site to check for redness, swelling and any form of hot spots.

On the bright side, I am getting new pots and pans of my choice for being the bad guy.

I finally collapsed today, I laid down around noonish (heck, I don't even know when it was) and slept for nearly 5 hours. I'm reminded of the days my son was a preemie, he couldn't cry well so I'd stare at him for hours since I had to pretty much watch for him to cry, the monitors didn't pick up his cry (it was a little squeak of sorts).

Her stitches come out on Wednesday, and hopefully I will have her results then as well.

I remember those preemie days! But my son could cry...like an air raid siren!
The doctors were happy with that...exercise the lungs etc. But it was tough on us at home!

We had to feed every 2 &1/2 hrs for a month! He came home at 4.5 lbs.

I am reading this thread too, about the wee wee pads, might need those someday.

I wonder about the frequency of the urination? Was this doggie tested
for diabetes? Steroids raise blood sugar, and in a hidden diabetic, this would be pronounced. Diabetes also lowers immunity and leads to infections and eye issues. (retinal hemorrhages).

Sorry to be late to this thread...I have been working a ton the past few days.

She seems to have gotten super fat and has been lethargic (shes naturally lazy but when I sit her down, she lays where I put her). Shes drinking 5 times what she eats. She started around 7lbs 4 weeks ago and is 9lbs now. I know it doesn't seem like much, but she's looking big. Like, a pregnant dog would.

The vets always say Im a great owner for her looking so healthy (most maltese owners in OC have theirs 4-5lbs - it's a small dog trend and sick). Mine was healthy looking, now she looks fat. But I don't know why, she's not eating like she was, shes eating less (I measure their food).

Her last check was 4 weeks ago and I make them check everything, since she was a mill rescue I try to stay on-top of her health (3 grand in dental so far to keep her from losing her teeth).

Maybe I'm paranoid. I just don't see why she'd be so big when she pees all she drinks. Then again, she isn't pooping as much. Maybe thats it?

Ah hell, I'm gonna call the vets cell again (yes, he gave me his cell!). If anyone is around OC - let me know, this vet is perfect. He did her dental for free while he had her sedated! I love him.
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Ellie,

There is a type of cat litter called "Yesterdays News". It is a pellet type of litter that is made out of recycled newspaper. It is soft on their feet, but it absorbs very well.

Because the pellets are large (it's not like regular litter which looks like sand) you could just pour a pile of the litter pellets right on the floor, and then vacuum them up if they are unused, and use papertowels to grab them if they are used/wet.

When we got a cat over the summer, he was 9 months old but because he had previously lived with a lazy guy the cat had a habit of peeing in the bathtub.... I used the "Yesterdays News" type of litter by puring it on the bottom of the tub... that got the cat accustomed to peeing on this litter so it made it easier for him to adjust to using a litter box properly.

And because the pellets were large it was easy to keep them from falling into the drain, and it was very easy to clean up the used and unused litter.

So, maybe using a pile of these yesterdays news litter pellets on your floow would help - and then once your dog is accustomed to using the pile on the floor, maybe you could easily train the dog to use an actual litter box.