Question for the one-eyed bandits

My doxie had her eye removed last summer. They placed a little ball in there and sowed it up. I kept her in a cone for months. Last week she started scratching at it and then it started to ooze and had very light bleeding. I put her back in the cone but I just feel so bad for her that I keep taking it off after a day or two and she scratches at it again.

Has anyone had this issue?