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Today is Wednesday, April 22nd, and I saw Dr. Brian Marchione this morning.
He sounded pleased with the progress of my eye.
On April 3rd, my right eye was very painful. My Mama took me to VCA West Los Angeles and Dr. Brian Marchione treated me. I had a deep ‘melting corneal ulcer.’ I heard Ongie, his assistant telling my Mama that Dr. Marchione used his own doggie’s blood ( Grace, a black Labrador) for the autologous serum, the treatment for corneal ulcers.
I had many kinds of eyedrops that weekend, it was applied on my eye every hour on the hour. Mama kept saying she had no sleep, well, I couldn’t sleep too, she kept opening my right eye even when I shut it real tight.
Before I could say anything I was back in the clinic, this time I stayed for a week and on Friday, April 10th, Dr. Marchione did a surgical technique of tissue grafting on my eye. My eye was also temporarily sutured for the initial healing period. The suture was removed today, can you tell from this picture how relieved I look?
I am doing everything the doctors and Mama tell me to do because I really want my right eye to heal, to be healthy, and I promise not to scare that squirrel again!
-Cassie
For information of corneal ulcers, you can contact my doctors, Dr. Michael Chang and Dr. Brian Marchione at VCA West Los Angeles (Sepulveda) tel: 310 473 2951
21 Tuesday Apr 2015
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inToday is the 20th of April and I am still wearing the very annoying hat that the doctors refer to as the Elizabethan Collar which makes it sound like the Elizabethan Age, but it is really just a pet cone 😦 This has been a rather frightening experience for me and I will report it here in a few days, just to make sure that Dr. Brian Marchione gives me a clean bill of health on Wednesday, April 22nd. I don’t mind coming to visit the doctors as long as their jars of treats are still in place.
Mommy brought my son Patch to see Dr. Michael Chang, making sure that his eyes are fine, thinking that I may have given him the bad genes. Well, Patch is seven, and Dr. Chang is happy with the result of his eyes’ exam. From the picture, you can see how pleased Carlos looks, and Dr. Regan too, I have come to know them all because I was confined here at VCA West Los Angeles Veterinary Hospital (Sepulveda) for ten days, under the care of Dr. Michael Chang and Dr. Brian Marchione.
I also have a birthday coming, next Thursday the 30th, and I will be ten! If you visit, I will share my Carrot Cake from Sweet Lady Jane with you!
-Cassie
30 Monday Mar 2015
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inI really didn’t want to have this photo taken with this ridiculous hat on, but I just had artificial intraocular lens put in my right eye.
Dr. Michael Chang replaced my eye’s natural lens, it was removed during the cataract surgery, (I had juvenile cataract) and the hat was to protect me from scratching my eyes, and certainly from Patch and Lucas wanting to rough play with me 🙂 On the third day with my ‘new eyes’ I was the first to spot the squirrel that visits every morning at eight like clockwork and I even ran faster than Patch and Lucas.
I saw Dr. Chang a few more times after the surgery, It was fun going to the clinic because Dr. Chang has this big jar of treats that sits next to the sink. After each examination, I would just go near the sink, I don’t even need to bark and Dr. Chang would say “Oh Cassie, you always remember where the goodies are.”
On the second week after the surgery, my Mama said I sounded like a tractor, I developed a bad bad cough. It was bronchitis and I had to go through this roller coaster ride, going back and forth visiting Dr. Lilin Chen, Dr. Sean Yoshimoto and Dr. Karen Eiler. I am much better now and I just read from Mama’s Facebook page that today is National Doctor’s Day, I want to thank my Doctors and all Doctors.
-Cassie
Dr.Lilin Chen, lilin.chen07@gmail.com, Dr. Karen Eiler, Karen.eiler@vca.com, Dr. Sean Yoshimoto, sean.yoshimoto@vca.com, and Dr. Michael Chang.