Hi-I received this reply today, which I'm sadly appreciative of. I will post it here for the benefit of all other Frog Forum members:

I just received this email, despite the timing explained in the forum. It looks like your frog either has a descemetocele a condition where the cornea errodes to provide a weakening hernia type condition of the inner parts of the eye. Basically one or two layers of tissue holding back the aqueous humor and the lens are bulging through a weakened ulcer on the cornea. No drops will cure this. Ideally the eye could be removed surgically or chemically killed with a combination of Dexamethasone and Gentamiacin intraorbitally. However, the cost may be restrictive if your local vets even have the ability or desire to perform the service. I wish you luck. I could give a local vet instructions via e-mail to do the eye-be-gone chemical treatment if he/she is willing.

The either part of my last e-mail was to explain that the lens could have prolapsed through that opening . Either way, the treatment recommendations are the same.

Anther point.. The eye may look gruesome, and cause the frog discomfort, but I doubt it will prove fatal.

Sincerely,
David M. Frye, DVM