[Oagdu] {Spam?} Gipp's vet appointment

[Marianne Denning]

I will definitely be thinking of you and Gip.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:54 AM, Lori Dent via OAGDU <oagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> hi all,
>
> Gipp’s vet Dr. Leftlar took a look at his eye after I explained what
> happened and he said that the sist on the bottom of his eye did get caught
> with Gipp’s dew  claw  and opened up which caused the bleeding. But the
> sist is still there but now it just been opened up and drained some by the
> bleeding.  Dr. Leftlar said that he didn’t want Gipp scratching or getting
> near his eye and damaging his cornia.  So the  doc sent  me home with the
> “cone of shame” that he has to wear over his head. Plus doc sent me home
> with some antibiotic ointment to put on his eye to help keep any infection
> from  occurring. Also, I came home with some allergy medication that’s a
> non steroid type of medication.
>
> Also I originally had Gipp’s eye surgery scheduled for  June 21st with the
> Eye Care For Animals where Gipp had his free eye exam done at. The Eye Care
> For Animals they gave me an estimate of what Gipp will be having done and
> the cost of I which would be  anywhere from $700 to $900 with a discount
> and this surgery would be done  with a lazer Well I found out that my vet’s
> office and Dr. Leftlar could also do the surgery using lazer and  the cost
> of the surgery would be half the price at the Eye Care For Animals. My vet
> gave me an estimate of around $500 with a 15% discount which would take it
> down to just over $400 or so. Which is a much lesser cost to pay. So I
> decided to have my vet do Gipp’s eye surgery and it will be done next
> Monday June 13th. So Gipp will have to wear the cone  anytime I can’t keep
> an eye on him while in the house like when doing dishes, cleaning, doing
> laundry and of course he’ll have to wear it at night time. If I can watch
> him while in the house he doesn’t have to wear the cone of shame. But when
> Gipp has to go outside to park if he goes out into the back yard he will
> have to wear the cone but if I take him outside on leash to park he
> wouldn’t have to wear the cone. So I will just take him out on leash. He
> will have to wear the cone until  Monday when he has the surgery done and
> for 2 weeks after the surgery until he goes back to have the stitches taken
> out. So he’ll have to wear the cone for almost three weeks. Also since I
> decided to have my vet do the surgery  he would need to have blood work
> done and he was do for it anyway do to him being a senior dog at the age of
> seven years old. The blood work came back fine except that his white blood
> cells are high and elevated dew to his allergies flairing up so that’s why
> I decided to put him back on some allergy medication for a while. Up until
> now Gipp’s allergies have been doing pretty good and not allot of
> scratching until just recently. So I’ll keep everyone posted to how the
> surgery went and how Gipp’s doing after I bring him home on Monday
> afternoon. Take care.
>
> Lori and the Gipper
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053
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