3rd eye lid flap

By the time poor little Leo went under the knife more stitches were letting go so another approach had to be taken. After hearing a lot of veterinarian-technical talk, with "extend the graph" this and "central corneal" on the phone I wasn't sure what to expect. I showed up around 6 p.m. to pick Leo up and his right eye was completely covered over in white... But, bless his little soul, he is dancing around excited to see me. I am so happy to see him!

Basically Dr. Lavoie stitched the inner eye lid over his eye ball to protect it, keep it under cover. It has no irritants at all now. Leo opens his eye even wider - he cannot see through that lid but it's not sore either. He needed more stitching but now it can heal better. Perhaps this was a method of healing they wanted to avoid and the previous surgery was considered 85% successful but although his eye looks very peculiar it seems to be working!

"Dehiscence of flap at distal aspect of conjunctivial flap, 5% of corneal ulcer revealed will resuture after scarification of ventral flap."

He earned a larger Elizabethan collar which I trimmed a bit to allow him to eat on his own and chew bones. He managed to maneuver the other one enough that he was almost able to rub his eye. The e-collar must remain on at all times.

As you can see, the collar doesn't really bother him.  He is as curious of everything as he was before!

At least he still has his energy. After his first overnight stay after surgery he wasn't as peppy. He was a little groggy but definitely ready to be on the go again.

I have to take him back Friday at 9 a.m. for a check-up and the invoice indicates "suture removal is required in 14-30 days." I am looking forward to hugging my little buddy with no cone head.

Another perk of being a good customer (or just somebody who manages to need operations for every one of her dogs) is that I wasn't charged for the re-surgery. I received a 100% discount. Pretty good when it is worth $330... half of which accounts for blocks of surgery time. I love my veterinarian. I'm loyal and drive 15 km out of my way to see him.