Isabel and Jackson
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- Jul 5, 2012
- 25
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- USA
- Bulldog(s) Names
- Jackson and Izzy
My year & half old Jackson has entropion eye in both of his eyes, suspected by my primary Veterinarian. First I took him the the Ophthalmologist recommended by my veterinarian, when he saw him, he said he had corneal ulcers in each eye and that he believed that there was a possibility that my dog just had spastic Entropy - in which the Entropy happens because the eye is irritated, an ongoing circle of clenching his eyes because of the ulcers. So he recommended that he put staples in the eyes first so that he could heal the ulcers first, I realized that this might cost more since I truly felt that my pup had Entropion that was not just spastic. But hey, I'm not an Ophthalmologist what do I know, so I didn't question it.
3 weeks later, I take him in to get the staples out. With the staples in, his eyes looked wonderful, but low & behold, not even two days after, his eyes were rolling in again & getting swollen. I took him in the 3rd day to have the Entropion procedure of removing skin below each eye, I didn't want Jackson to go through any more pain with his eyes. When I got him back that same day, his eyes looked good for the most part - I have to say, I expected him to be more wide eyed but he wasn't. The ophthalmologist advised me that he made a decision to not take TOO much skin because he didn't want to over-correct his eyes & make him look bug-eyed; although I disagreed with that because of how much Jackson's eyelids were rolling in, I felt it would be hard to take too much skin. I did not say anything because I trusted this doctor that his method was ethically correct.
Well we are here 10 days later after the surgery, Jackson is clenching his left eye shut & the right eye is on its way as well. Something I did not notice before was these blue stitches that apparently were stitches to his eye lids to somewhere lower under his eyes to keep his eyes opened - they had popped out this morning!! The doctor did not tell me about these. He did however tell me that he put one or two staples around the eye to make sure they stayed. My big question here is - if the job was done correctly, why would he need to add these staples here & there and why with the blue stitches? I am very disappointed and I am taking Jackson back in tomorrow for his follow up - but does anyone have any advice or comforting words. This is so frustrating, I feel like this doctor has just done a shoddy job just to make more money in the long run. If it was a confident doctor who knew what he was doing - I feel like he would not have been scared to take skin and do it correctly the first time - am I wrong for thinking this? I just feel so bad for my pup.
Day of the surgery, he fell asleep like this.
Day of the surgery
Looking good a few days after the surgery.
As of this morning - it doesn't look like Jackson had ANY skin taken away at the time of the surgery. Like 2 or 3 millimeters at the most!
3 weeks later, I take him in to get the staples out. With the staples in, his eyes looked wonderful, but low & behold, not even two days after, his eyes were rolling in again & getting swollen. I took him in the 3rd day to have the Entropion procedure of removing skin below each eye, I didn't want Jackson to go through any more pain with his eyes. When I got him back that same day, his eyes looked good for the most part - I have to say, I expected him to be more wide eyed but he wasn't. The ophthalmologist advised me that he made a decision to not take TOO much skin because he didn't want to over-correct his eyes & make him look bug-eyed; although I disagreed with that because of how much Jackson's eyelids were rolling in, I felt it would be hard to take too much skin. I did not say anything because I trusted this doctor that his method was ethically correct.
Well we are here 10 days later after the surgery, Jackson is clenching his left eye shut & the right eye is on its way as well. Something I did not notice before was these blue stitches that apparently were stitches to his eye lids to somewhere lower under his eyes to keep his eyes opened - they had popped out this morning!! The doctor did not tell me about these. He did however tell me that he put one or two staples around the eye to make sure they stayed. My big question here is - if the job was done correctly, why would he need to add these staples here & there and why with the blue stitches? I am very disappointed and I am taking Jackson back in tomorrow for his follow up - but does anyone have any advice or comforting words. This is so frustrating, I feel like this doctor has just done a shoddy job just to make more money in the long run. If it was a confident doctor who knew what he was doing - I feel like he would not have been scared to take skin and do it correctly the first time - am I wrong for thinking this? I just feel so bad for my pup.
Day of the surgery, he fell asleep like this.Day of the surgeryLooking good a few days after the surgery.As of this morning - it doesn't look like Jackson had ANY skin taken away at the time of the surgery. Like 2 or 3 millimeters at the most!
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