Cinder: Has "Conjunctivitis" in one eye...

[Cinder & Smoke]

Dad sez my *timing* is jest great...

SmokeMutt an Me gotz our "Annual Physicals" an Ouwie Shotz last munth -
March 5th ta be exzakt...
Ebberthin jest *peachy* wuz da report frum Doc Mike!
(Cept, sumbuddie "leaned" onna elevator tabul wiffa Poundz Dial when
*I* wuz ridin up - Gurl sed I read 49.5 "poundz".
sed Dad! Been gettin less Krunchies inna bowl ebber since!

Ennieway, things goin great... till Dad *looked* at me on March 27...
"What'z wrong wiff your EYE!!??"

Nuffin, Dad!
Well, dat dint werk...
March 29th we drop in on Doc Mike...

"Yup, sez Doc Mike -
looks like whut she had inna udder eye kupla years ago...
Use this Goop inna eye 3X a day; otta be better inna week."
Ten Buckz ($10) an we're out da door.

Week latur - Dad sez it ain't no better!
Back to Doc Mike...

He *looks* wiffa skope, he *flips* da eyeshades up & down,
he sez "Hmmmmmm".
Then da two Gulz and Dad *grab* a-hold an Doc takes a "scraping"
offa eyeshade an sitz down at his lil Teleskope onna desk...
More "Hmmmmmin"...
"It's not *mange*, no *bugz* crawlin around, jest some "Inflammation"...
Use these *dropz* AND the ointment.
Iffin it's not a LOT better inna week; she goes to see my
Eye Specialist Buddie - Doc Gary."

OK... so it wuz *Dropz* ANNA *Goop* fur a week.
Saturday Dad duz summore *Lookin*...

The "white" is ALL Around yur eye!
<dials Doc Gary>
Toozday, 8:45 AM iz da furst opnin. Dad takes it.

Tuday, Dad pops outta bed at da butt-crack-a-dawn...
Den we boff got a *brush* job... nebber do THAT ta go ta werk...??

Smokey hadda *wait* inna kar... wunder whut's up??
FANCEE Place; but it smellz like a Hoppsbittel...
Awwww, NUTZ! It IZ a Hoppsbittel!

"Step onna meter tabul, Cinder."
Ah-HAAAAA!
Doc Mike's meter must be wrong - onlee 47.2 reads poundz here!!

We're showed inna lil room...
Dad boosts me up onna tabul... an we *wait*.

Doc Gary comez in, sez "Howdy" to Dad, I get a nice pat onna hed.
Nice Guy!
He's readin allua notes Doc Mike Fax'd ober...

MORE *peekin* wiffa lil skope anna brite lite;
eyeshades get *flipped* up & down;
summore "Hummmmmin"... (Must be a Doc Thing.)

Doc sez he needz ta put sum *drops* in - to "dull" my eye...
4 *dropz* in; <wait> 5 minnitz; 4 more in; nudder <wait>...

Doc's back... tellz Dad to *hold* me firm (she won't feel a thing)...

<Dad appliez "Half Nelson" to me onna tabul>
OMG! He *grabz* my lower eyeshade wiffa *tweezers* an <eek> PULLZ it
out about a foot or two! GUD GRIEF!

"Oh Yeah! Her Third Eyelid is all *Inflamed* next to her eye!
We'll use a stronger Rx: for this!"

Den he 'splainz to Dad there's nuffin wrong wiffa EYE
(Eye itself is jest *peachy* - clear, not scratched,
no inflammation, responsive to light - jest "fine".) (*Wheeeew!*)
Problem izza "inflammation" uvva 3rd Eyelid.
Ok - so *FixZit*!

He'll Be rite back...
Back wiffa New lil jug a dropz, an <EEK> an Ouwie Stick!
WHASS'Zat for!?
Gonna help "reduce da inflammation". *JAB*
HEY! Dat wuz my BUTT ya stuck!

Then he lays a buncha BS on Dad...
How I wuz such a "Gud Patient"...
An how Dad did such a Gud Job holdin & comfortin me...
OH PaLeeze... where's da Bisquitz!?

We go out ta *see da Gurlz* an *settle up*...
OMG! $87.02!
($27.50! fur da Dropz, $19.52 fur da Ouwie Jab; $40 fur Doc)
(I guess Dad *likes* me!)

Dad'z writin out wunna his phunnie munnie papurs;
I'z makin *eyes* at da Gurls...
Got 3 Bisquits fur my trubbel an wun fur SmokeMutt.

So Dat'z My Tail... an I'z stickin to it.

I can finally *feel* my eye agin...
We gotta do *dropz* fua anudder week...
Doc sez it'll be 2 or 3 weeks affore da "color" returnz to
my eyeshade; but da swellin otta be gone inna week.

OH - an Dad axked about my goin ta Findlay on Sunday...
Doc sed A-OK ta go! I'z NOT "contagious"
an kant make any udder Dawggies "sick"!

SmokeMutt wuz glad ta see us boff come back out to da kar!
We had a "She's Gonna Be OK Partee" onna way to werk -
we all shared a Mickey-D Saussage Eggy McMuffin!

[captain]

Oh Boy - you sure have a way with words Cinder!

Glad you are A-OK to go to the "partee" ........

[Corinna]

Poor Cinder I'm sure dad does love you and glad you were a good girl. Glad you still get to go to the park day. Sorry you had to go though all that but now you'll get better. Merlin sends prayers to you.

[tatsxxx11]

Awww, Cinners What a brave girl you were sweetie! Da good newz is dats yer eye is gonna be a-ok an ders no harm to yer vizion!!! AND yuz gets ta go to Findlay AND, fer bein' such a good girl, McyD's all around Wez hopes yer eyeballer's all fixed and back ta normal real soon, sweet girl Big hugs to yer daddy fer bein' on tops a every thing and to you fer bein' such a good patient Smokey, looks like you made out big time wif da McyD's Feel better soon, sweet, sweet Cinners and have fun at da park! HUGS!!!! Sandra, Cody and Star

[Cincy'sMom]

Cincy feels your pain Cinder...she had third eyelid problems when she was a baby...ut she had tohave surgery on both eyes!!! One lid was reattached, the other removed. She is thinking you got off purty lucky with just drops!!

Hope our eyes feeling better soon!

[trayi52]

Glad your eye is going to be alright, Cinder. I love the way you talk Cinder!

Willie

[sasvermont]

Oh my goodness. Such an episode. Although I think we all find these stories amusing, we don't like to hear the problems for the pets. Fred, you write such funny stuff. I laughed all the way through the reading. If dogs and cats could talk, I am sure they would be saying exactly what you write! You have the gift, for sure.

I hope you wallet recovers. I have a rabbit check up visit for Saturday and have been saving up all week (no lunches) to pay for the visit. Cause right behind that visit, is another scheduled cash outlay for Chloe to be spayed. $$$$$$$$. We do love our pets!

So get well soon dear Cinder and enjoy all the extra attention from Dad!

SAS and her brats

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

AWWWWWW

Cinder i am glad you are gonna be o.k.....

sorry you got a "owie stick"... but we can't have one of our fav-0-rite GSDoggies sick and not feelin well...

**get-well-kisses* for you Cinder!!

[Logan]

Poor Cinder!!! I hope you will continue to get better every day, sweet girl. This ought to at least be good for lots of treats from your friends at the party on Sunday!!!

[Albea]

Cinder dear, Carina and I send you best wishes for a quick recovery from your eye boo-boo so you can have lots of fun at Findlay Park on Sunday.

[ramanth]

Oh my Cinder!!! What an ordeal!

I hope your eye liddy feels better real soon!

[Sudilar]

Oh no!!! Poor Cinder!!!!!!!

Shiloh has German Shepherd Pannus of the Third Eyelid in both eyes. See her thread on her diagnosis and trip to the EXPENSIVE Opthalmologist http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...threadid=42555

Shiloh's next $125 (just to walk in the door) visit is on May 4th. Her eyes look great now with the application of two ointments daily. I think her Dr. report will be a positive one, the treatment is working (I think so). However, if the treatment is not continued, the disease will progress and blindness would be the result.

Shiloh wants Cinder to know that if she lies on the floor nicely and rolls over to get the ointment put into both eyes.....maybe she will get CHEESE, like she gets!!!!!! Well worth the trouble!! What ointment are you using? She uses Tacrolimus (newer drug) and Neo/Poly/Dex.

Good luck to you, Cinder!!!

[anna_66]

Phew *wipes brow*! Glad to hear it's nothing that can't be fixed with a Rx!! I was scared there for a minute that you three wouldn't be able to come to Findlay, sure glad to hear that's not the case
See ya'll Sunday!

[Kona & Oreo's mom]

I hope your eyelid feels better soon, Cinder! You got McDonalds AND three biscuits? You must have been very good!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by Sudilar

Shiloh wants Cinder to know that if she lies on the floor nicely
and rolls over to get the ointment put into both eyes.....
maybe she will get CHEESE, like she gets!!!!!!
Well worth the trouble!!

What ointment are you using?
She uses Tacrolimus (newer drug) and Neo/Poly/Dex.

WHUTT!?????

Yur suppozed ta get TREETZ aftur da medicine!???

GUD Grief!
Smokey! Call our Union Rep!

Whut Page is dat on inna Dawggie Bill a Rights?

Shiloh ~ Wish you'd told us sooner bout dat Treet Thing!

Meds?
The First Ointment was
"Nemycin &Polymyxin B Sulfates, Bacitracin Zinc & Hydracortisone" -
an antibacterial ointment... which DID fix the problem two years
ago with the LEFT eye.

Yesterday's Rx: is "Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate 1%"
a steroid solution (drops) to "reduce inflammation".

Doc Gary thinks it's a "physical injury or irratation" -
not a medical or germ induced problem.
His theory is once the swelling & irratation stop aggravating
the 3rd eyelid - it will heal on its own.
(I hope he's *right*!!)