Sounds to me as if his head is starting "to break" - many cavaliers get tearing as their head is developing - certainly nothing to consider surgery for. Far better to wait until the head is fully developed then reassess the situation then. Sounds to me as if the vet is looking to make a buck or two VBG Just wipe the exudate away with ordinary eye pads and leave well alone Only proviso I would make is if there are any ingrowing eyelashes that are irritating the eye
A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan A. Schlenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: [CKCS-L] Surgery for medial entropian? > Hi, List, > I recently received this note from a buyer of a pup from our litter > last Dec. The litter was examined by an opthamologist before leaving > and nothing remarkable was found. The buyer refers to the exam in the > following post. However, now the vet is recommending extensive surgery > for medial entropian. Have any of you ever heard of this? Please let > me know as this is our regular opthamologist and I'm finding this a bit > odd. > > thanks, > > Suze > > > >He has quite bad medial entropion and has seen our regular vet twice as well as Dr. >XXXXXXXXX, who I took him to because I > >knew you had already taken him there (2/01). We have tried tear duct irrigation, many >ointments and drops, and nothing > >has helped. He has constant tearing, staining and irritation. Now, today, Dr. XXXXXXXXX >recommends $700.00-800.00 surgery to > >evert the lower lid and stitch the medial portion of the upper and lower lids together. >This obviously sounds like a major > >undertaking, having his eyes shaved, wearing a cone for 2 weeks, ointment 4x/day, hospital >stay, and after all, he's not sure if, > >or for how long , it will work. > -- > Suze at Llawen Cavaliers > "...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man > to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica > "Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
