Monday, March 3, 2008

A GiGi Update From Her Foster Mom!!

It's been a week since GiGi's cataract surgery and the transformation in her personality is almost astonishing. It's so obvious to me that she's so much happier and fuller of life. Back to her spunky old self. I used to find her sitting around staring into space a lot, but now she's outside romping around the yard (the cone and all) like she's seeing the world for the first time. If she could speak I think she'd be saying "Yipee! I can see again!"

Her first recheck visit went well. The doc said everything looks good. We did have a minor problem with one of the eye drops causing some irritation, but since we replaced it with a different one, everything has been fine. GiGi has been an awesome patient. She is so cooperative with getting eye drops and ointment four times a day (of course yummy treats help the medicine go down as they say), along with her daily insulin injections. She's even tolerating that awful "cone" around her neck really well. (I think it bothers me more than it bothers her.)

I had a strong feeling that giving GiGi back her vision would make her a much happier dog, but had no idea just how huge an impact it would actually make. It seems as if we've pardoned her from a life sentence of darkness and despair, into a world full of sunshine and happiness. Thank you again, from the bottom of GiGi's little heart for making this happen for her.

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