Eyecatching news
This is Poppy who had a really sore right eye. She was squinting a lot and had a very inflamed eye with a nasty discharge. Her owners brought her in to see vet Vicki. As the eye was so painful, we gave her some pain relief and sedation to examine it fully. Have a look at the video below to see what we found hidden within the upper eyelid!
Sadly, the grass seed had damaged the cornea (the front surface of the eye), but after the grass seed was removed she was so much happier. After a week of treatment at home, we are pleased to report that her eye has completely healed.
So remember folks, any sign of squinting can mean a painful eye so your pet should be seen the same day.
18th of December
Sorry for late update, but we had our Christmas party yesterday. We organise it at the practice. Reception becomes a cocktail bar and the treatment room a night club. The last revellers were still dancing at 6 am. Our group of helpers had more fun than actually helping ( as per normal). I have a few photos, but there may be more later. I went to bed at a sensible time, so will be interesting to see what else they got up to.
Some update:
❗Warning❗
* The following footage contains scenes of grossness and spot explosions!
On Friday we had the pleasure of welcoming the delightful Rosie back into our practice. This star patient was extremely brave, after not only having 9 teeth removed, but also a large spot that had been bothering her for over a year. Now we love all our patients here, whether they are spotty, muddy, cheeky or sleepy, but unfortunately this spot was getting too big for this little dog.
It may not be noticeable from the video but this spot had grown to a mammoth size, reaching nearly 5cm diameter. Thankfully Rosie had been seeing our amazing vet Amy, who undertook the task to remove this. With the assistance of our nursing team, both Rosie and Amy were in safe hands.
After the procedure had been completed, and Rosie had made a speedy recovery, we were all eager to know what was inside this spot. It turned out to be an enlarged sebaceous cyst. These can be relatively common in dogs, and develop when the ducts within the sebaceous glands become blocked, causing oily fluid called sebum to build up and form the raised lump that we saw yesterday. Usually they grow to be the size of a pea so it is uncommon to see them this enlarged.
We are sure that Rosie will feel much better knowing that she has had this removed.
Cookie
Cookie and his sore eye
Gorgeous Cookie came in today because his eye was sore. While here Maria found he had a grass seed stuck under his upper right eyelid. When pets come in with sore eyes we need to 'stain' their eye with special dye to see if there are any ulcers. He did have a big ulcer in his right eye which he's now on the correct treatment for.
We wish him a speedy recovery. As you can see was really well behaved for his check up.
Puss from Paws
Paws came in feeling very under the weather. His owners had noticed a rapidly growing lump by his left shoulder. We got very excited by the size and feel of the lump. We suspected a cat fight abscess, and we were right. Unfortunately we had planed a controlled lancing, however the abscess had other plans!
Cats are amazing healers, I am glad to report that Paws have recovered wonderfully, back to eating his owners out of house and home!
Carpe Diem swimming post surgery.
