[nagdu] Putting eye ointment

[Margo and Arrow]

Tracy, I'm going to try to explain this and hope I make some sense.  I had 
to put ointment in elmo's eyes for conjunctivitis.  At the Vet's office, we 
worked out an alternative technique.  for each eye, I started with my finger 
at the top of the eye, in other words, the upper lid and moved my finger 
down very carefull which brought down the lower lid.  I put the ointment in 
that way.  I hope this made some sense to you.

Margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Putting eye ointment


> Sorry Tracy, I have no good ideas for you.
>
> The first thing that came to me was to put the ointment on a finger and 
> then to put it on the inside of the eyelid, but this probably isn't a good 
> idea. Let us know if you find something that works well for you.
>
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:46 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Putting eye ointment
>
>
>>I need to put some ointment in Echo's eye twice a day for a couple weeks.
>> I did good yesterday, but not so good today.  I have my husband hold her
>> head still, then use one hand to pull down on the skin under her eye,
>> hopefully opening it up, then use the other hand to position and squeeze
>> the tube, trying not to poke her with it.  I haven't poked her, but today
>> I'm not sure I hit the target, either.  Oh for that third hand I've 
>> always
>> wanted!
>> If anyone has a good method that's better than mine, please share.
>> Tracy
>>
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