After discussing it amongst ourselves, we decided that if there is a way to make Wendel able to close his eye, we want to get it done. I called (literally) every veterinary ophthalmologist in Virginia and Maryland and I found a doctor that we are comfortable with! She is located in Annapolis, VA. We are more than likely going to have him undergo a procedure called a Canthoplasty. Basically, the lateral canthoplasty will shorten the upper eyelid by making a triangular split thickness resection. The success rate is very high, and we are really hopeful.
It is going to be really expensive but it will be money well spent. I can’t imagine how uncomfortable it is to sleep with your eye open and never be able to fully close it. He is such a happy boy you would never know that he had an issue, but at this point we have to administer his eye lubricant every two to three hours and I am sure that he would rather be doing something else. Also, if it is hot or really windy or sandy I don’t want his eye to be exposed and that could lead to other foreign objects getting into his eye and terrible pain.
We have our appointment for consultation with the veterinary ophthalmologist in early September, so in the meantime we just need to keep giving him his eye lubricant and his antibiotics. We are very excited!
http://www.jaaha.org/cgi/content/abstract/42/6/435
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