[nagdu] Benny's vet visit

[JULIE PHILLIPSON]

I was hesitant too but the vet said it was like a finger sticking in his eye 
and would get very painful if it didn't come off, so I did what I had to do 
too.  He will be OK.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Benny's vet visit


> Thanks Julie.  That's very encouraging.  It never occurred to me to check
> his eyelids for lumps, but I did mention to the vet that his eyes had been
> a little gunky recently, and when she looked she saw the lump.
> I'm not too worried about it.  I just hate leaving my boy for surgery.
> I've had enough surgery myself not to be so keen on it.  And it's never
> nice to hand my dog over to someone else.  But the thing needs to come
> off, so we will do what we gotta do.
> Tracy
>
>> Tracy Andy had one of those on his eye lid too.  It was taken off and 
>> that
>> was the end of it.  Everything was fine after that.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 7:30 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Benny's vet visit
>>
>>
>>> Yesterday, I took Ben for his annual checkup.  He's well, but he has a
>>> lump on his right eyelid.  It's about the size of a grain of wheat, so
>>> not
>>> too big, but not tiny, either.  The vet thinks it would be best to take
>>> it
>>> off now and biopsy it, because, if we wait and the lump gets bigger, it
>>> will be more of a problem to remove, being in a rather delicate place.
>>> So
>>> Benny will have to spend a day at the vet's in a couple weeks, and miss
>>> his breakfast as well.  Poor Bubba!  And, last time he had to stay all
>>> day
>>> at the vet, I'm not sure they gave him any chance to pee, because he was
>>> desperate to go when I got him back.  I shall speak to them about it,
>>> for
>>> all the good that may do.
>>> I hate leaving him at the vet.  I always imagine the worst.  But it
>>> should
>>> be fine.
>>>
>>> The vet said his teeth looked good, so I guess regular teeth-brushing is
>>> doing some good.
>>>
>>> The bill came to $576, which was rather shocking.  It's lucky I have a
>>> good job.  There were a couple tests that aren't strictly necessary, a
>>> year's worth of heartworm, a couple vaccines, and expressing his anal
>>> glands--nothing really extraordinary, so I was quite surprised.  Maybe
>>> they charge extra for the suffering of the tech who has to do the anal
>>> glands. :.) Or maybe it's the blood work-up for an older dog, which I
>>> don't think is really necessary, but I've seen it recommended, and it
>>> won't hurt (except my pocketbook).
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
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