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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS">Our boy Freckles has Corneal
edema, like Beth we figured his eyes were just getting older because he is ten
years old but we took him to the vet just in case and our vet recommended an
ophthalmologist visit. We took him to a specialist in ophthalmology and she said
he had ulcers in both eyes so the ophthalmologist did a grid keratotomy to help
heal the ulcers and we had him on 4 different drops for three months and he had
to wear contact lenses his ulcers healed and we have him on the same drops Beth
has her dog on, I found out you can get the eye drops from Sams Club for a
fourth of the price they are at Walgreens. There is a solution to
heal corneal edema our ophthalmologist told us, they can take a few layers of
corneal tissue off of the eyeball and take a vein from the sclera of the eye and
attach it to the corneal patch the new vein will draw the water out of the
cornea and into the bloodstream, but that operation is very expensive about
$3000.00 and we cannot afford to get that done at this time, our rescue, Western
Missouri Basset rescue, Inc. is very fragile right now operating on a shoestring
so we have to be careful not to over spend. We are hoping people buy raffle
tickets for the big Corvette raffle that Larry Little is hosting with
Guardian Angel Basset Rescue so we can get the money to help Freckles with this
surgery. Tickets can be purchased online at wmbri.org we
get 50% of the money from all tickets purchased through our site.</FONT></DIV>
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