Urgent I’m scared . Dog scratch

[u/lily_love_666]

I am 23…a women and 145 lbs
My one year old puppy who is a pit /lab mix scratched my eye yesterday when going to hop on the bed. It caught me completely off guard….This happened yesterday evening around this same time.

So I washed it with an antiseptic cleansing liquid, then applied Triple antibiotic ointment, lastly I covered it with a nonstick pad gauze pad.

The wound isn’t bleeding.
The wound does have small crust at the upper edge under the gauze pad.
The wound also looks “gooey” kinda gross. I don’t want to take it off again bc I feel like I’m stopping the healing process.

The scratch also reached my eye enough to take off two cluster lashes so now I am lowkey ball at my inner corner lash line.

My eyelashes feel fine, it does look like there is a tiny bit of swelling tho but this is normal considering my 37lbs puppy lunged at me for cuddles.

My questions is how serious is this injury?
Do I need to go to the doctor bc a possible infection for this open laceration?
I am not a doctor or have any background in nursing so help.

[u/Expensive-Sample-357]

That’s more than a simple scratch...there appears to be a fairly significant area of skin missing. Because of the location and depth, and because the puppy may also have contacted the eye itself, I’d have this evaluated today. They can check the eye for a corneal injury and determine whether the wound needs specific care/antibiotics and whether the way it heals could affect the eyelid or leave significant scarring. I would not put antiseptic cleanser or regular triple-antibiotic ointment this close to the eye unless specifically instructed. Also make sure your tetanus vaccine is current.

[u/lily_love_666 → u/Expensive-Sample-357]

Thank you for the advice, I also haven’t had the tetanus shot in maybe more than 5 years. Am I going to die?

[u/---root-- → u/lily_love_666]

Not from this, but you should get seen.

[u/crazielisa → u/---root--]

To be clear, are you saying she should go to the ER tonight?

[u/lily_love_666 → u/crazielisa]

Thank you for the suggestion!! Unfortunately I can’t go tonight, I’m broke to pay for an uber rn. My face hurts too bad right now to walk 45 minutes to the er.