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Gibbs has been having a medical summer. First the knee, happily remedied by the ultra concentrated fish oil, and then the left eye. These two issues overlapped a bit, of course. The receptionist at my local vet knows my voice on the phone now, no need to tell her who it is. He was rubbing his left eye, and only his left eye, several times a day w/his foreleg. When I pulled down the lids, it was pretty red. Vet vist #1, vet couldn't find any foreign bodies and diagnosed conjunctivitis, and Gibbs got antibiotic drops in that eye for a week. Didn't make much of a difference. Vet visit # 2 he got anesthetized and both eyes examined very thoroughly, stained to check for abrasions, no foreign bodies. Vet tells me he's done everything he can, next step is an ophthalmologist. So, since that last visit, the eye rubbing has been much less, and the redness has cleared. Until this a.m. of course. The left eye is not as red as it was a couple weeks ago, but it's pinker than his right eye. I was thinking for a while that it might be allergies ~ there's a TON of crap in the air from all the fires, and then there's the seasonal pollen surge. But would it affect one eye more than the other? Calling vet today to get name of doggy ophthalmologist. Ruth & Gibbs
