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<DIV>Rick and I dropped Gipp off at the vets around 9 this morning for the
second time in a week to have surgery again to restitch his eye due to him
popping his stitches open. We didn’t pick Gipp up from the vet until a little
after 4 this afternoon.</DIV>
<DIV>When we got to the vet’s office we went in and Marie the groomer/vet
assistant told us to go down to the second door which is the one exam room. When
Marie came into the exam room Gipp wanted to play with Marie. She’s his buddy
and she normally plays with him. She said she couldn’t play with Gipp. Then
Marie took Gipp into the back room and Rick and I left. </DIV>
<DIV>This afternoon when we went to pick Gipp up Lisa the vet assistant told us
the surgery went very well. She then told me that it wasn’t my fault that Gipp
popped his stitches. She said she was standing at the front desk after Gipp’s
surgery she heard him moving around in his crate. She went back to check
on him and found out that he had somehow managed to position himself so he was
able to push his cone back on his neck. She said he was about an inch away from
rubbing the side of his face on his crate. She called Marie back to tell her
what she saw and then they both called the doc in to take a look. The doc’s
first comment was am I going to have to put the stitches back in a
third time? Lisa told him that she already checked and the stitches were
fine.</DIV>
<DIV>The first time I brought him home he had a 25 inch cone on him. So this
time they put on him the largest cone they had which was a 30 inch cone.
They said hopefully this larger cone will help.</DIV>
<DIV>They gave me a sedative,called Acepromazine 25 mg, and told me to
give one to Gipp every 6 to 12 hours as needed. If he doesn’t need it don’t give
it to him. This should help keep him from trying to rub his eye. Most
people refer to this medicine as Aces. They said they now understand the
problems I had with him.</DIV>
<DIV>Gipp has to wear the cone of shame all the time 24/7 and I can’t take it
off and to keep doing what I’ve been doing. He has to wear the cone for another
2 weeks and I have an appointment for Gipp to go back to the vet on
Tuesday July 5th at 3:00 in the afternoon to have the stitches taken out. </DIV>
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<DIV>Lori and the Gipper</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>