Tuesday, the 12th, I take both dogs to Cedarbrae Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Lavoie checks Bailey's eye which he says is 95% healed! I'm pleasantly surprised. I had told him my administering the medications on the weekend was 'intense' and he said that that had paid off. He squirted the neon green/yellow liquid in his eye so that the 'ulcer' (scratch) would show up and there were only a few specs! On Saturday, there was a pinky nail sized solid scratch. I can barely believe it but am relieved this has practically healed, all short of surgery. It is looking much better even since then, he opens it nearly completely (well it's hard to tell since I'm still adding drops to his eyeball every few hours). Dr. Lavoie also tried to withdraw more blood to make the serum. He didn't get much and what was there was fatty (he had to 'spin' it again). I admitted he was fed salmon for breakfast. Isn't that interesting? :) In any case, it isn't as urgent that he receive this serum but the antibiotics should continue another week or two. Wow, that is still very intense. I won't be able to stay home all that time so he'll get as many doses as often as I can give him.
Since I was at a veterinarian's office for Bailey and Leo was scheduled to have his stitches out, I figured I'd get Dr. Lavoie to remove his sutures while I was there. I only took 2 minutes anyway. Leo healed very well but the raw sore was of concern. Dr. Lavoie suggested the brace be modified or left off him to allow it air and a chance to heal. I actually put him in the kennel for a few hours each afternoon without his brace on while I worked so I could watch him. He did try to lick it some but he would settle down when I told him to leave it.
Leo sporting his brace, sniffing around the yard:
Thursday, the 14th - I take Leo to PawsAbility. Janice was kind enough to email me at 8am immediately upon returning from vacation. She was able to see me around 3pm. She adjusted Leo's brace on the inside where he has the sore and padded it with a softer material in case it does rub. She also suggested going without the sock which is great. Janice also fixed his 'tread'. It's a new black rubber 'boot' that I can fix with black electrical tape if necessary. She also gave me a strip of velcro and applied new straps which he had chewed off last week.
Leo certainly gets good use of his brace. Upon arriving home he rolled around on his back in the dirt and grass kicking up a storm. He is always on the go but is obviously slowed down by his limited ability. He is spunky and tries to play with Bailey and Rex a little. He is just so dang cute. The brace fits well and he doesn't seem to have any problems with it. Hopefully when I leave him home tomorrow he won't chew stuff off it. :)
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