Thursday, February 17, 2005

 

forrest is not a pirate.... she's a conehead.


Forrie is still doing well.. she went into the hospital last night after her cornea perforated.. late last night they stitched her third eyelid (the one you never see) across her eye to try and prevent any more of the iris coming out. today the opthamologist cut off the iris that was sticking out and stitched in a bit of artificial cornea, then sewed up a bit of conjunctival flap ( tissue from the eye thats kind of underneath what you can see). a couple of hours later and they wanted her out of there, which suited me fine.

the prognosis is good. they think that it should heal into fully functional eye, with only a weird shaped pupil to show for it.

i got home and had to administer the drugs... its hard enough to put eye drops in my own eye, but in a dog thats just had surgury.. and with a 6 ft cone around her head... ok i exaggerate .... well i jumped into it, and accidentally squirted 1/2 a pint into her eye instead of one drop.. a minor moment of panic and some major flushing and a quick call to the vet.. everything is under control now.

Comments:
glad I waited on sending the mini eye-patch. :) though you have to admit, she would have looked awfully cute with that on...maybe just a little bit more than with the two foot collar!

soooooooo happy to hear her eye should be okay!
 
Hurray for a happy Forrie!!

Thanks for keeping us updated on her :)
 
forrie is turning into some kind of evil kanevil, don't get her a motorbike man. don't even get her a scooter. she needs permanent sedation. just like you. where are her pearls anyway. you should be able to get a KA47 Tranquilizer gun from 7/11, free with a packet of unflavoured chips.
 
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