General Question Winston sees the Eye Specialists tomorrow...

[ddnene]

Hi tracey, Petunia had entropion surgery and I think it all depends on how bad it is. You may be able to wait you may not because you risk damaging Winston's cornea. I scheduled it two weeks out and now Petunia has chronic dry eye in that eye--which the vet said might happen because she had a cherry eye in the same eye. Now, Samson ALSO had it done and no problems with dry eye but he did not have a cherry eye so I don;t know if that made a difference or not.

I'll cross my fingers for the best outcome! Poor little guy...it has to be irritating as hell.

Thanks for you info Alix… Winston had not had cherry eye yet, but our vet wanted to wait till he got a little older. I'm going to see what the specialist has to say regarding that...

 

[ddnene]

The eyes are soooo tricky. Entropion could always be secondary to swelling, and can come and go depending on the swelling of the eye. If you can never see the inner eyelid, then it's a bad case. Also sometimes the more wrinkles in the face the more likely to have entropion. Also, as their heads grow in the 2nd and 3rd year and their wrinkles continue to change, it is not uncommon for it to show up even at the age of three, or if they do have it, it can go away on it's own as the skull changes.

I would personally evaluate the severity of his case over a month or two with using lubricating eye drops and look at his eyes daily. For anesthesia, on an eye surgery, typical protocol would be propofol and isoflourane.

Here is an example of the inner eyelid lining showing very nicely. I remember I use to line that part of my eye with eyeliner back in the 80's and 90's LOL

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THANKS so much Lisa!!! Your picture here is super helpful, I'm hoping they will let us give it some time, but I don't want Winston to suffer...

P.S. I used to put eyeliner there too, dark black & some girls used to hit a match w/it first!!! Give it that Pat Benatar look… LOL

 

[Texas Carol]

"Love Is A Battlefield" loved her videos and she still rocks!

So does Joan Jett, she's a tiny thing in person, Stuart took me to see
her do a small, intimate concert on her 60th birthday, 2 years ago.

She absolutely killed it.

 

[cali baker]

Wishing Winston a great eye evaluation tomorrow and that the dr. will be able to ease your anxieties about the future surgery too. We're all here for you and will be sending out lots of positive vibes!

 

[ddnene]

"Love Is A Battlefield" loved her videos and she still rocks!

So does Joan Jett, she's a tiny thing in person, Stuart took me to see
her do a small, intimate concert on her 60th birthday, 2 years ago.

She absolutely killed it.

YES!!! I used to run around the house singing to Pat Benetar & Joan Jett!!! How is Joan looking? I saw that movie about her life… CRAZY!!!

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I want to Thank all of you for your concern & advice…
At least now I have an idea what to discuss w/them tomorrow… I'll keep you guys posted!!!

 

[Texas Carol]

YES!!! I used to run around the house singing to Pat Benetar & Joan Jett!!! How is Joan looking? I saw that movie about her life… CRAZY!!!

She looks great, much younger than her age especially given her lifestyle.
When you see how tiny she is it's easy to see why she had back problems
(from weight of guitars) and became addicted to pain pills. She changes
guitars frequently in her shows and some are larger than she is.