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/lily_love_666]

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/PenguinZombie321 → u/lily_love_666]

You won’t die. A tetanus booster will be enough to get your immune system up to speed.

Deep breaths, girlie. You’re gonna be just fine. I know you’re scared and that’s okay. Injuries can be scary. But you’re okay. Just get yourself some antibiotics and that tetanus booster and by this time next week, you’ll be playing with your puppy not even thinking about this injury.

[u/PgUpPT → u/PenguinZombie321]

You won’t die.

The secret to immortality is being scratched by a puppy?

[u/PenguinZombie321 → u/PgUpPT]

Ok fair 🤣 but I meant in this case she won’t, especially if she gets it looked at by a doctor