Ole' Dead Eye

Rowdy had some problems after his heart worm treatments.  He suffered some left side paralysis of his face.  He lost reaction with his left eye and it kind of had a dead appearance, hence the dead eye title to this post.  He also stumbled around or fell sometimes when he moved too quickly and walked with his head at a tilt. He would turn his head excessively to see, when he jumped off of the deck and his depth perception was off.  His eye and his face seemed to come back close to normal and he quit falling, but then a few weeks later his face did it again.

The Vet said that some dogs get a paralysis like this that is related to something called Homers Syndrome.  Many times this is only temporary and will go away on its own in several months, but it could also be related to a brain or spinal tumor, that takes a CT scan to detect.  If this is the case his symptoms will worsen over time.   

Now, his eye seems to be okay but his face on the left side shrunk and it pulled his nose to the left a bit.  It captured fairly well in this picture as you can see his face is a little off.  It has been like this for a couple of months now.  I tried to capture the dead eye look with several pictures back when he had the eye problem, but he looked normal in those and it didn't come across in the photos.  So far it hasn't got worse but only time will tell.