[nagdu] Echo's checkup

[Julie Martin]

Thanks Tracy. Also thanks for motivating me to go online and find a vet here who will make home visits. Even better, she's an end-of-life pet care specialist, sort of a hospice service for pets. And still better, she lives right near me. Of course I hope I don't need her for a while yet, but unfortunately, the time will come.

-j


On Dec 29, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> Hi Julie M.
> It's a prescription.  I'm not sure of the name--one of those long chemical
> things.  You could ask your vet about the problem, and see what she says.
> BTW, we found a mobile vet who comes to us.  It's much less stressful for
> Echo.  Her arthritis makes squeezing into a taxi very uncomfortable, and,
> as she got older, she got more stressed just being at the vet's.  Now she
> doesn't really like being out of familiar environments at all.  We're so
> happy we found a practice that will come to her.
> Tracy
> 
>> Hey, would you mind telling me what ointment you're using and if it's a
>> prescription or not? I have an old dog (not as old as good old Echo
>> though) who has the same tearing problem.
>> 
>> Julie M
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 29, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>> 
>>> My retired guide Echo is 16, going on 17.  She's on a couple
>>> medications,
>>> and just had a checkup yesterday.  The vet couldn't believe how old she
>>> is.  She said Echo's coat is shiny and healthy-looking, like that of a
>>> younger dog.  She asked me what food Echo is eating, which is Canidae.
>>> So
>>> it seems like feeding a high-quality food is having good effects.
>>> She also said that Echo's eyes look fine, which is good.  I have been
>>> putting ointment in one eye every day or two for a while, because it
>>> gets
>>> very runny, and the effort seems to be working.  I had asked the list
>>> for
>>> eye-ointment administration suggestions.  What's working for me is to
>>> put
>>> a bit on my finger, pull the skin around her eye gently so the eye is
>>> open, and dab on the ointment.  I had been trying to do it directly from
>>> the tube, but I have a much better idea of exactly where my finger is
>>> than
>>> I did of where the end of the tube was.  I was always afraid of jabbing
>>> her eye by accident.
>>> Anyway, the old gal keeps on trucking!
>>> Tracy
>>> 
>>> 
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