Olive's cataract surgeries were successful. She is recovering extremely well. A little hiccup in surgery though. Both her eyes were to be done at the same time but because of the "stickiness" of her cataract, the first eye took longer than anticipated.
Dr. Farhrar, at the Eye Care for Animals Center in Culver City, also felt that with a different surgical tool, the operation on the other eye would be faster and easier. So, Olive had one eye completed with the second eye done the next week, after the doctor received the new instrument. This added a week longer for recovery but Olive was a trouper. Everyone, and I mean everyone, loves this girl at the surgical center. No one could believe that she is only 10 months old. She was so well behaved and loving. They never even crated her, they just tethered her to whoever was near and she hung out with them until her foster mother could pick her up. She was behind the desk in the reception area when she was ready to go home.
During recovery she endured three different eye drops, three times a day along with three different oral medications twice a day. When it was time to administer the drops, her foster mom would show her the drops and ask her to lie down, which she promptly complied. We are now down to one drop twice a day and no oral medication.
Olive now does not hesitate when out walking, no bumping her nose into curbs, cabinets or doors. She is still the very sweet and loving pup but with the added quality of looking more directly at you when called. Our next step will be getting rid of the cone around her neck so she can stop getting stuck between chairs and couches.
Before surgery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Ewi6uYlyg
Going to the eye clinic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEfYUvQRxck
After first surgery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2rKlH1d2ew
