Cody's "Ruff" Day

It was a "ruff" day for Cody yesterday. I feared the worst, I was completely exhausted by the time the early part of the evening rolled around. My exhaustion was mostly from worry. When you are the pet-parent of a 16-year-old pretty much anything causes you concern. From what I could see it was only his eye that was of big concern. Yet he was so listless which doubled maybe tripled my concern.

As soon as I woke Cody up for the day I noticed he wasn't quite right. He was holding his "good" eye shut. As most that read this blog understand Cody has been blind for quite sometime in his right eye but the left eye has been seeing a little. Hence the left eye is classified his "good" eye. Anyway, first thing I noticed yesterday morning was the look of  his "good" eye, which didn't look pleasant at all. When I took him outside for his walk he refused to walk. Once I brought him back inside he was listless and shivering like crazy. Zero energy, no pep, and he bobbed his head around with his eyes completely shut. It was kind of freaky. Clearly a vet trip was in order.

Long story short, he saw the vet, he has an eye infection but otherwise is in good shape considering his advanced age. Prior to getting the eye infection I've noticed his eyesight in his "good" eye has been failing even more. I've recently had to start carrying him or leading him around the house. So classifying the left eye as his "good" eye is likely not very accurate anymore. 

It's sad seeing my puggie fail in different ways. Wish there was more I could do for him. Wish I could somehow reverse things. Turn back the clock! Go back to when he was 7 or 8 or hey, even younger! Likely a common wish for many out there within their own lives!

I'm happy to report Cody has acted rather "normal" today. Not at 100% but maybe at about 75-80%. He's had is "good" eye open some today. He's eating, drinking, sleeping, and being cranky at his typical moments. Sorry Cody, but you know it's true...you are a little "cranky-pants". Storm was the first to receive the nickname of "Miss Cranky-Pants" and now Cody is our little "Mister Cranky-Pants" both nicknames were affectionately bestowed on them courtesy of their human-daddy. LOL!

Storm and Cody have a lot of similarities to their personalities. Whereas Simon and Piper are clones of each other. Isn't that odd how that has worked out? Especially considering Storm and Cody did not grow up together. Yet are carbon copies in many ways! Similarities of Piper to Simon abound as time goes by. Just the other day Piper did something that made both Brad and I stop in our tracks, look at one another exclaiming at the same time, "did you see that? She is so much like Simon!" She's a copycat...no pun intended! LOL!

Below is a pic of Cody still asleep in the sleeping quarters when I went to get him up for the day.