05/06/08, 07:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 416
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Originally Posted by Minelson
How did the surgery go???
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Thanks for asking. The vets said it went really well. They sewed the eye partially shut and it is swollen and awful looking. He looks sort of how Frankenstein's monster would look if he were a dog and had on an e-collar. There is just a little opening on the side next to his nose so we can put the eye meds in it. The vets sent us home with a bunch of medicine, 4 different eye drops and an oral antibiotic, and instructions to return on Thursday morning. We had to stop at the pet store and get a harness because he isn't supposed to have any pressure around his neck because there is still a danger of the ulcer rupturing underneath the graft. Of course he got some new toys as well because he is a poor, sad looking little thing. We were almost home (it's a 2 hour drive) and he started whimpering and crying a little softly. This dog has never complained or cried from pain before, not even after he had hip surgery. So it was very upsetting to listen to him cry.
As soon as we got home, I fed him and gave him his painkiller that he usually gets every other day for his hips. He has to have it every day for the next 4 days. He acts more comfortable now and is resting quietly. I ended up having to take anti-anxiety pill.
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