[nagdu] Putting eye ointment

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Tue May 17 15:25:04 UTC 2011


Thanks Margo.  I'll try that.  I've been pulling down on the skin under
her eye, which seems to open her eye up, but your method may work better. 
She's being very good about it, though I'm glad Jerry holds her head
still.
Tracy

> 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
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>> 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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