[Oagdu] Round two with Gipp

[Marianne Denning]

I am glad you have a different solution this time.  He is a stubborn dog.

On 6/21/16, Lori Dent via OAGDU <oagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Rick and I dropped Gipp off at the vets around 9 this morning for the second
> time in a week to have surgery again to restitch his eye due to him popping
> his stitches open. We didn’t pick Gipp up from the vet until a little after
> 4 this afternoon.
> When we got to the vet’s office we went in and Marie the groomer/vet
> assistant told us to go down to the second door which is the one exam room.
> When Marie came into the exam room Gipp wanted to play with Marie. She’s his
> buddy and she normally plays with him. She said she couldn’t play with Gipp.
> Then Marie took Gipp into the back room and Rick and I left.
> This afternoon when we went to pick Gipp up Lisa the vet assistant told us
> the surgery went very well. She then told me that it wasn’t my fault that
> Gipp popped his stitches. She said she was standing at the front desk after
> Gipp’s surgery  she heard him moving around in his crate. She went back to
> check on him and found out that he had somehow managed to position himself
> so he was able to push his cone back on his neck. She said he was about an
> inch away from rubbing the side of his face on his crate. She called Marie
> back to tell her what she saw and then they both called the doc in to take a
> look. The doc’s first comment was  am I going to have to  put the stitches
> back in a third time? Lisa told him that she already checked and the
> stitches were fine.
> The first time I brought him home he had a 25 inch cone on him. So this time
> they put on him the largest cone they had which was a 30 inch cone.  They
> said hopefully this larger cone will help.
> They gave me a sedative,called  Acepromazine 25 mg, and told me to give one
> to Gipp every 6 to 12 hours as needed. If he doesn’t need it don’t give it
> to him. This should help keep him from trying to rub his eye.  Most people
> refer to this medicine as Aces. They said they now understand the problems I
> had with him.
> Gipp has to wear the cone of shame all the time 24/7 and I can’t take it off
> and to keep doing what I’ve been doing. He has to wear the cone for another
> 2 weeks and I have an appointment for Gipp to go  back to the vet on Tuesday
> July 5th at 3:00 in the afternoon to have the stitches taken out.
>
> Lori and the Gipper


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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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