becca renee
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A week ago we noticed one of our dairy cows who was about to be dried up had an irritated eye. We dried her up and decided to leave her in with the milking herd to monitor and treat it. It quickly progressed and in a few days we called the vet out. She diagnosed her as having a tumor and being that she is pregnant, advised us to give her aspirin and flush her eye with penicillin twice daily. Today would be eight days since we first saw it and a few days since we started the aspirin/penicillin and since then it has gotten to the point where her eye is protruding well beyond the socket and is dry and dead looking and looks like it could even fall out. She is due in thirty days but she is definitely not looking like she will make it that long before we have to put her down. I've only been involved with dairy farming for four years and I have very little experience with premature calves. Does anyone have any insight on the best way to approach this situation in order to save the calf and prevent any undo suffering of the mother? At thirty days premature, would the calf have much chance of survival? And if we were able to make it a few more days, how much difference would it make?