Just got back from a run to the vet. Chelsey’s hamster has suddenly
\ngone bug eyed. And I mean really, really bug eyed. His eye balls are
\nliterally popping out of his head. I can barely look at him. This
\nstarted two nights ago, around 3:00 am actually when Chelsey woke me up
\nto tell me something was wrong with him.<\/p>\n
We called the pet store the next day and they guessed it was irritation
\nfrom the bedding material we were using. They told us to change that
\nout for plain paper napkins or newspaper, and to get some saline eye
\ndrops. We tried that yesterday. Last night, or this morning depending
\non how you want to look at it, Chelsey came in to let me know that he
\nwas making sad noises and she couldn’t sleep. It can be really hard not
\nto get upset at being awakened in the middle of the night. I have to
\nstop and imagine myself as a 13 year old girl and try to do what will
\ncomfort her the most, and quickest as I do need to get back to sleep so
\nI can get to work in the morning. We decided to move the cage to the
\nlaundry room so she wouldn’t hear him making his pitiful squeaking
\nnoises and when we got up early this morning we gave him more of the eye
\ndrops.<\/p>\n
Chelsey called late this morning to tell me she was trying to do some
\nstuff in her room but couldn’t stop worrying about “baby”. We moved him
\nout of her room again so she might be able to distract herself but
\nfurther calls ensued. She reminded me of what I would feel like if it
\nwas Chesley at home sick and I was at work. Wouldn’t I be constantly be
\nthinking about her and worrying that she would be okay? I agreed and
\nfinally realized I had to leave work to run home and take my little girl
\nand her “baby” to the vet. If nothing else we would find out how long
\nhe had to live and if it was real bad perhaps they could help ease his pain.<\/p>\n
At this point calling one vet and then going to a different vet isn’t
\ntoo surprising for someone who hasn’t had much sleep in the past few
\ndays. Eventually we ended up in the right waiting room I just couldn’t
\nlook at poor “baby”. His eyes looked to me like they were going to pop
\nout of his head at any minute. It was really scaring looking. I was
\ntrying to prepare myself for the potentiality that we would be getting
\nsome really bad news. Finally the vet was able to see us and took a
\nlook at “baby”. He looked and poked and squeezed and petted and
\ndeclared that it didn’t look like anything worse than some sort of
\ninfection or inflammation. He recommended putting an antibiotic
\nointment on his eyes a couple times a day and hopefully he will start
\ngetting back to normal in 4 or 5 days. You can’t imagine a pair of more
\nrelieved people when Chelsey and I heard that.<\/p>\n
So it’s now $70 later, our $3 hamster is on the mend, and I back to
\nwork. I can’t thank my employer enough for letting me make these little
\nmommy runs during the day to take care of those little emergencies at
\nhome. <\/p>\n
This full time dad and part time mom can really wear you out sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just got back from a run to the vet. Chelsey’s hamster has suddenly gone bug eyed. And I mean really, really bug eyed. His eye balls are literally popping out of his head. I can barely look at him. This … Continue reading