Here at NWAES, we have the smartest technicians and assistants. Our brains are exploding with so much knowledge that we have no choice but to pass it on to our patients. Charlotte was the perfect student to teach how to wrap instruments, demonstrated by our lead LVT, Krista. Charlotte, we have a job opening for you and we think you can fit the role. Starting rate is 2 treats per hour. We look forward to hearing from you.
Please enjoy this video of Kohl taking in the outdoor sights shortly after cataract surgery! It is such a joy to see our blind patients seeing for the first time in a while.
A cataract is any opacity (cloudiness) of the lens. If the opacity involves a significant portion of the lens, your pet may exhibit visual difficulty. Cataract surgery in animals is very similar to cataract surgery for people. The procedure basically employs the use of high frequency sound waves to fragment the cataractous lens, which can then be removed from the eye as a liquid. Our sweet patient Ginger had cataract surgery on both eyes yesterday. This video was taken a few hours after the surgery. She enjoyed taking in the clear sights of fall for the first time in a while!
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Glaucoma is a painful ocular disease that can result in vision loss and can be frustrating to treat. Precious the horse previously had her left eye removed due to other ocular problems and her remaining eye has been diagnosed with glaucoma. It is crucial to keep her eye as healthy as possible so she doesn’t lose vision completely. Her glaucoma has been uncontrollable recently even with drop therapy, so Dr. Jones and assistant Natalie visited Precious yesterday to undergo a transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation. In layman’s terms, it is a laser procedure to help reduce the pressure in the eye. Precious was sedated to make her more comfortable and the eye and eyelids were numbed for this procedure.
