UPDATES!
7/13/07
We had an appointment today, and the news was good. The pigmentation is looking better and also the cloudiness in her pupil. She will have to continue with the drops possibly for the rest of her life, but it's only one drop in each eye once a day, so that's not so bad. She doesn't have to go back for one year unless she has any problems. BTW, it's been just over one year since her surgery. So good news today!
1/19/07
Snick had a check up today. We've noticed some cloudiness in her eyes we were concerned about. Turns out she has pigmentary keratitis in her right cornea and corneal degeneration in both that's causing this. It's treatable by drops and no longer giving her the steroids. They will try this medication and when she returns in 6 weeks will determine if they should try another.
11/10: Snick had an appointment today and things went very well. They've
decreased her medicine even more and she goes back in 2 months. She's down
to 26.5 pounds! They can even tell the difference in her personality.
They're very happy with her progress. Let's hope everything continues to go
that way!
9/28:
Snickers is doing very well. She's
more active. She likes going outside
all the time now and walking around
and sniffing things out. She's
getting into more trouble all
the time.... she just LOVES toilet
paper! but just to let you know
that she's doing very well!
9/11 "She's getting more energetic
all the time. She's playing hard
and happy to be getting around.
You would think that she's always
been able to see. I'm so happy
for her!"
New
Pictures!
9/5 "Well, She's like a puppy
all over again! Of course she's
getting LOTS of
attention, but she is a very happy
girl! She even likes her bubble
gum flavored medicine. For the
first time in a long time, she
got to walk down Grandma's dock
without fear of falling in! She's
been a lot more playful, and chewing
on bones and toys like she hasn't
done in ages! It's so great to
see her acting like normal even
if she does get into trouble!"
9/1
From Mom: Good news! The collar
is OFF!!!!! Her appointment went
pretty well.
She
has an infection in the back of
her left eye which they were able
to see by ultrasound. The treatment
will just be baby aspirin. She's
still on the steroid in the one
eye once a day and the other medicine
in both eyes once a day.
They gave her a new collar. Just
in case. If she starts scratching
at her eyes or having a hard time
with them it has to go back on.
She goes back in 2 months.
New
picture coming!
8/12
From Mom: "This weekend she
was a lot more active. When
Smokey was playing catch she was
interested and tried to get in
on the fun.
Her eyes are looking great. You
can still see where the ulcer
was, but it is healing."
8/4
From Mom:"they said she's
doing
great. They took the stitches
out and they said the ulcer is
healing very well. They said she's
so well behaved now, it's like
she's getting used to them messing
with her eyes all the time. She
doesn't have to go back for 4
WEEKS! Unless of course there
is a problem. Bad news is the
collar stays on
til then. They want to
make sure it's completely healed"
New
Picture
7/27 PM Glue
came out, had to redo the procedure
a little differently, hopefully
back home tomorrow.
7/27 Meds
helped, but did a procedure to
close the ulcer with type of glue.
7/26 Snickers
taken back because one eye looks
bad. DX'd as a deep ulcer. Kept
her to see if meds helped or have
to do more surgery.
7/25
Post surgery complications! Watch
for update.
7/21
They said she is doing well! But
stuck with the collar for another
two weeks.
7/20
Appointment tomorrow and hopefully
the collar comes off!
New
post-op picture
7/10
Check Up from 'Mom': "They
are very impressed with Snick's
progress. They did a
test where they put Grandma on
one side of the room, took her
to the other side and placed a
stool between and she dodged the
stool and went straight to Grandma!
They said that the inflammation
and the pressure in both eyes
are down, and that the one retina
that was slightly detached is
re-attaching.
They don't want to see her back
until late next week!"
7/8
Snickers is home! Both cataracts
removed but due to tear in eye,
only one lens replaced. Has slight
inflammation and has to return
on Monday
Post-op
Picture
7/7
Doing Great! eating and playing
and scheduled to come home TONIGHT!
7/6
- 4PM Waking up with no problem!
7/6
- 2 PM Surgery is over, not awake
yet
7/5
Snickers is at hospital, another
ultrasound shows retinas are fine.
Surgery
is Scheduled! on 7/6 and hopefully
'Snickers' will be back on the
8th!
Watch
for further updates and pictures!
