Leo Surivives…His 1st Vet Visit (Alt. Title “Damnit Leo”)

So Wednesday morning I gushed about Leo, right? Was it just Wednesday? That day is sort of a blur. Because at 2:18 that day, I got a text.

OMG.

Luckily my vets love me.

2:18: I get the text and sit in disbelief

2:21: I call the vet office and start packing up my stuff at work to leave

2:55: I arrive at barn

2:58: Vet arrives at barn

The first thing she did was stain the eye while I waited to hear the words “puncture” and/or “ulcer” and/or “needs meds every 6 hours.” The surrounding tissue was so swollen that she could only see about 90% of the eye, BUT she said that the eye itself looked normal and asked me if he was allergic to anything.

She said it’s most likely an allergic reaction, the result of himself whacking himself, or a sting. We’re leaning towards whack or sting, as BO reported he looked normal when he came inside that morning and she took off his fly mask. Plus he had nothing out of the ordinary- hay, water, feed was all the same. So the vet gave him some Banamine, a shot of Dex and said just to be on the safe side, treat with the triple antibiotic eye ointment I still had from the days of P’s eye…but thankfully only 2x/day.

By the time I left the barn about 4 hours later, his eye was still a little puffy, but not nearly as bad as before.

And the next AM, I almost couldn’t look when BO texted me again, but…

And then I went out there that afternoon and lo and behold…definitely normal.

P was definitely relieved it’s not more serious, as Leo being out of commission means P becomes the focus. Since I was low on time after work, Leo had a real ride while one of the other boarders toodled around on P bareback. And being back in work is HARD.