What a life!

Good news buddies! The stitches are out and I look extra handsome. My eye lift has made me look 6 months younger! You know, in that natural well rested sort of way. Doctor Z is very happy with how it all healed up.




We have also discovered in the last week that I am sensitive to the cleaning fluid in the swiffer wet jet! Will it never end?! Luckily they figured it out quickly, Mum washed me up! And G-Ma cleaned the floor (again, without the swifter) and it has helped a lot with the itching.

My G-Ma is here for a visit. She is staying with us til the new puppy arrives. The kid is already late by two days! And they think I'm slow and stubborn! Phhhhh!




We may be a little busy in the next few weeks! I'll do my best to keep you up to date.... It's not like I could blog less right!?

See you soon friends!

On the fix

Papa and I went to see Dr. Z today. He was most pleased with my eyes. He showed Papa how to clean the incisions, apparently Mum was being too gentle. I could have lived without that demonstration!




I have to go back again on the 24th to have the stitches removed, assuming Mum isn't having puppies that day. BOL! Papa says that's the day the biped puppy is supposed to arrive. (I don't care what anyone says, I'm not sharing my toys!)

After our little outing Papa went to see a friend near by and had my antler fixed. The ends were getting kind of jagged and there was a good 7 inches of antler just being wasted! Papa's friend cut off the sharp ends with his fancy saw, and now my antler is just like new! I had the best chew this afternoon.



Mum and I went for a short walk tonight, it was very warm. When we got home I got a good drink from the hose. Last night was so warm she hosed me down before our walk. It really makes a big difference. And by the time we got home I was almost dry! That's my stay cool tip ;)

Ok, going to chill on the patio. I wonder who will walk by tonight?





Ta!

I'll still be handsome right?

Holy hell! WTF did they do to me! I look like a cartoon character with toothpicks holding my eyes open!

The surgery went well. They did both eyes, top and bottom. I have been very sleepy tonight and Mum and I have spent most of our time snuggled on the patio. Dr. Z will see me again in a few days.

Now if you excuse me, I have some power napping to attend to! Thanks for all the good wishes furiends!

And so it continues....

Hi friends, a bunch of you asked how my eye problems are going. The good news is the scratch healed up. The bad news is that Mum noticed my eye getting cloudy, so after work yesterday she took me to see Dr.Z. She didn't trust the backup vet.

Dr. Z apologized for not being available when this problem all started, he was out of town for two days. He took one look at me with his big magnifying head piece and knew what my problem was! I have a problem called entopian. My eye lid is curling back and my big handsome eyelashes are scratching my big handsome eyeball! It's something that he had mentioned to the pawrents a while ago. He noticed then that my eyelids were "tight", but at the time there was no need to treat it.

The solution is for me to have surgery! Tomorrow!





In happier news two of my new friends have given me awards!

From Marley all the way in India I have received the Sunshine Award.



From Emma I have received the Versatile Blogger.




I want to say a big thank you to both of these new friends! And I hope you will all visit them!

So, as I am sure you know there is a protocol to accepting these awards. But as usual I am gonna make my own rules for accepting.

I am going to answer Marley's 7 questions and pass each award on to 4 other blogville residents. Here we go.....

1. Favorite number? 3
2. Favorite non-alchoholic beverage? Water
3. Facebook or Twitter? I just blog!
4. What's your passion? Treats, and snuggling
5. Favorite pattern? Hounds tooth! Duh!
6. Favorite day of the week? Friday!
7. Favorite Flower? Sunflowers.

Now I would like to pass the sunshine award on to:
Benny and Lily
Sophie
Sam
Mitch and Molly

The versatile blogger will go to:
Finn Howard
Corbin
Roo
Angus and Jet


Well it's time for me to go to bed! Wish me luck!

I can see you!

Oh furiends! What a week it has been.

So, somehow I scratched my cornea last weekend. It was really sore and my eye was really runny.
Papa called Dr.Z and they couldn't see me on Monday so he took me to "the back up" vet. They did a die test in my eye and showed Papa the scratch. Mum had to take the next day off work because I needed drops every hour for 48 hours (except overnight). He said if there wasn't improvement by thursday they'd have to do surgery then stitch my eye shut for 30 days. Mum said there was no way anyone was doing that to me unless Dr. Z said it was the only option.

Thursday Papa took me back for a follow up and they said to cut back the drops to 3-4 times a day. Yesterday we went again and they said it is still improving. I have another week of drops and then hopefully it should be healed.

The backup vet is very pushy. When Papa first took me in, my eye had been running for a couple days so my wrinkles were pretty irritated. The doc made a big show out of it and told Papa I have very serious skin issues, and something needs to be done. He gave me antibiotics for my skin even though Papa told him we have my itchies under control.(He made Papa believe the drugs were related to my eye) Yesterday, he tried to tell Mum that the skin between my toes was pink (not red) because of "skin problems" (I have white feet! What colour does he think the skin should be!) and he wants to put me on antibiotics for 4 months! Mum said she'd think about that, our regular vet seems to be ok with my skin. What she really wanted to say was that there was no way she was putting me on antibiotics for that long when my weekly medicated baths work just fine, and the reason my chin is all red is because I have been wearing the cone of shame for a week because the drops hurt like hell, and when my eye waters or when I drool it gets caught in the cone and irritates my face, and it is nearly impossible to keep dry right now, and common sense should tell him that!
At yesterdays follow-up he walked in the room and said "oh see how well the antibiotics are working he smells better already". Papa quickly responded with "No, that's because he had a bath last night". (You tell'em Dad!)
Now, I have had some problems in the past with itchies on my back caused by allergies. But Mum and Papa and Dr. Z have been working really hard to keep the itchies away. The parental units are not impressed with his pushiness! Especially since he has no clue about my past itchies, my allergies, and how Dr Z is helping us control them, and hasn't listened when they tried to tell him. This is why he will never be more than "the back up".

Well that was my week! Seems lately there is always something!