[nagdu] Echo's checkup

[Natalie]

Hi Tracy,
Glad to hear Echo is doing so well at her age.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Echo's checkup


> 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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