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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Daisy’s glaucoma emerged in her one
remaining eye.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We took her to
Eye Care for Animals in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Salt Lake City</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Xalatan alone would not keep the
pressure down, so they added Timolol and Trusopt and referred us to their clinic
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Albuquerque</st1:City></st1:place>
that has a doc that could do the procedure she needed to save her eyesight.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dad slave took Daisy in this morning to
Dr. Kennard at Eye Care for Animals in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Albuquerque</st1:City></st1:place>. Dr. Kennard said her angles
were so bad, she’d be blind in a month without the surgery, meds or no
meds. He is one of two docs in the country working on perfecting this
procedure.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>He first sent us to the clinic’s website
for “Helpful Links” to apply for Wells Fargo Health Care Advantage credit.
We were approved for roughly 3/4 of the bill at zero percent for 12
months. So that helped a lot.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>About 4:00 today we finally heard from
the clinic that the surgery went well and she was doing fine.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Carl picked her up later in the
afternoon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Kennard made a video
of the entire procedure.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I can’t
wait to see it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He made Carl watch
it while he was there.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dad slave
was afraid he was going to pass out.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>They lasered her eye to unclog the drainage tubes, and put in a shunt for
better drainage.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The laser fries
the cornea so he then does cataract surgery.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Carl will bring her back tomorrow so the
doc can see how things are doing; they will flush out the eye.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Daisy will be there for most of the
day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She will then go back again
Friday, and if all is well Carl can bring her home.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will then have follow up visits at
the clinic in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Salt Lake
City</st1:place></st1:City> which is half the
distance.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>This is supposed to save her
eyesight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We cannot let her
shake, jump or do anything for about 3 weeks.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No going up and down the stairs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She has to stay in a crate except when
we walk her on a leash only.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
doc says as long as we are careful with her, the eye should heal fine.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He told a story of another dog.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He told the owner she had to keep the
dog confined.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After seeing the dog
on a follow up visit he said it looked like the eye had been run over by a
truck.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He asked how she kept him
confined and she said in her 5 acre back yard.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Anyway, that’s all we know for now.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ll post more on her
progress.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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