Just when I had a glimmer of positiveness with Henry, things just take a turn possibly for the worse. Tonight when I got home, things were ok with Henry and Lillian. Both came into the living room and sat as usual under the table. I cleaned then out and sorted out other things and sat down after tea and checked Henry. He was washing his face but seemed to have these clumpy white sticky bits on his right eye. When we got Henry, we noticed he had a discharge from his eye and he spent about 6 weeks back at the vet via the rescue centre, flushing out Henry's tear ducts. Poor Henry went through 4 or 5 ops under GA and their rabbit savvy vet to clean out the tear ducts. We've kept an eye on him in the year we've had him and kept it clean.
So tonight there's these soft white bits on it so I decided to try to clean the eye area. I noticed more bits of this white stuff on the back of his body - which was odd. I continued to gently bathe his eye and he seemed to want to keep it closed so I figured something was not right. The lid felt sticky. But I continued to wash it with warm water & cotton wool. Then I sat with him on my tummy just gently massaging his face and especially his eyes. Gently stroking in circular motions - my bridge bun Ben loved this every night. Henry was making grinding noises with his teeth - which isn't usually a great sign (it can be a good sign but I figured on this occasion it wasn't). As I gently massaged the right eye, I noticed more of these sticky white clumpy things and just deep down I knew this was something more. So I very gently pressed at the corner of his eye where the tear duct is and there was thsi popping noise and a whole load of clumpy white sticky goop popped out. I cant describe how I felt and how sick with worry I was. I figured the tear duct was probably blocked and this was an infection. Then I gently squeezed twice more and two more blobs of goo popped out. I've cleaned out the eye as best I can and I'm confident that I got it all out, but obviously the goop is near and/or on his eye.
So I phoned the vet, flapping big style and almost in tears. The vet was prepared to see Henry tonight but said she would prefer to give him a GA which she cannot do tonight. The best she couls offer was antibiotics which she said wouldn't really be much point tonight so she wants me to take Henry tomorow morning 1st thing where we'll decide if he needs a GA and further exploration or if she feels I've done the job and got the goop out - in which case we'll just have antibiotics to sweep out any infection.
But - and it's only a but, if the vet feels a need to administer GA then I will request an xray on his leg at the same time so that I get a definitive identification on any problem with the bone in his left paw. It will save having Henry endure a GA twice.
I feel physically sick with worry now. It's just one thing on top of another with poor Henry and he must be so uncomfortable.
I'm going to go and give his eye another good wash just to try to help things as best I can and hope that I can make it clean for Henry.
I just want to sit in a corner and sob my eyes out now.
I will update the thread tomorrow after the vets visit.
Craig x
