harv enucleation update

elegy <elegy.TakeThisOut@DOGPOOPshattering.org> wrote in
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> everything went fine fine fine.

Yay, Harv!!!

> he's home, looks like somebody punched him hard in the face, and
> is utterly exhausted. he's passed out in the middle of the kitchen
> floor. i'll offer him something to eat if he ever wakes up.

Poor, beat up Harv. I wish him a super speedy recovery.

Nosey question--did they just sew the eyelid shut after removing the
eye? I assume that's what they do, but I don't actually know.

> so he's off that. we're going to try him on prozac instead.

Oh, hell. I hope the Prozac works.

> i am so relieved that this is all over. and exhausted. geez.

I should think so! Maybe you should take Harv's example, and have
yourself a well deserved nap?

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"Shelly" <scouvrette RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Nosey question--did they just sew the eyelid shut after removing the
> eye? I assume that's what they do, but I don't actually know.

Back several dog lifetimes ago, I had a beagle with glaucoma. We treated it
with the drops as long as it helped.

When the lens broke loose in one eye, we had to make a decision about
surgeries. We were going to Cornell so had all the options that existed at
that time. (I don't know if there are more now or not.) They offered both
the eye sewn shut and the prosthetic eye for the same price. They said they
didn't want people choosing based on price but I suspect it was also.that
they wanted the surgical experience for their students. So we, of course,
chose the prosthesis.

You can tell how long ago that was based on what I recall of the price. I
remember it being something less than $500 total.

I don't remember any problems with Nikki's eye after that. After all, by
the time you do the surgery, they haven't had any sight there for a while.
And as gross sounding as it is, it isn't a big deal surgically.

Sending good thoughts for Harv. He's a very lucky boy.

Judy
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Shelly <scouvrette RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in news:fgg9p9$mlo$1
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> I should think so! Maybe you should take Harv's example, and have
> yourself a well deserved nap?

I should add, *not* on the kitchen floor. I did that a few times in my
misspent youth, and while I wasn't much bothered at the time, due to
the liberal consumption of alcohol, I cannot exactly recommend it.

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In article <k6dni3ptvsmmdbme69f497rkih64sa86rh RemoveThis @4ax.com>,
elegy <elegy RemoveThis @DOGPOOPshattering.org> wrote:

> everything went fine fine fine. he's home, looks like somebody punched
> him hard in the face, and is utterly exhausted. he's passed out in the
> middle of the kitchen floor. i'll offer him something to eat if he
> ever wakes up.

Poor harv! Poor you! You both deserve a rest!

> and i discovered upon checking drug interactions with his fentanyl
> pain patch, that clomipramine, the medication he's been on for
> anxiety, is contraindicated for dogs with glaucoma because it can
> exacerbate it. not good! so he's off that. we're going to try him on
> prozac instead.

Drug interactions are really hard to predict and keep track of. We had
Toby on Prozac for a long time, so Harv should do fine on it.
(Clomipramine didn't work on Toby for more than a few weeks.) And there
is now generic Prozac, I think, so it may not be too expensive, either.
>
> i am so relieved that this is all over. and exhausted. geez.

Give yourself some much-needed relaxation. I suggest something with
kahlua in it.
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elegy <elegy DeleteThis @DOGPOOPshattering.org> said in
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> i am so relieved that this is all over. and exhausted. geez.

The odds were with you, but it's still a relief. I'm glad.

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elegy <elegy.DeleteThis@DOGPOOPshattering.org> said in
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> i'm about ready to drop.

I've gone through similar stuff. It'd be good to talk with you.
http://www.calgarydogdaycare.com/ My phone number is there.

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elegy <elegy.DeleteThis@DOGPOOPshattering.org> wrote in
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> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:53:29 +0000 (UTC), Shelly <scouvrette.DeleteThis@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>Nosey question--did they just sew the eyelid shut after removing the
>>eye? I assume that's what they do, but I don't actually know.
>
> yup. he actually put something in the eye socket (not a prosthetic,
> but something) so that it won't be so sunken in.

Neuticals for the eye?

It's beginning to look like maybe the wrong dog was named Pirate <g>.

Gentle scritches to Harv and well-earned rest for the the whole crew.
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