Koko - Traveling Dog Around Town

Hi John,

I dont believe she used anything different and I dont think it has anything to do with the groomers; his eyes were fine until this morning, why would they be affected 5 days later? His eyes were fine last night when he went to bed. I woke him up to give him a pepcid at 5am and when he came out of the bedroom 30 minutes later he was pawing at his eyes and could not open them. I did not see any hives anywhere on him nor shallowing breathing.

Now, he is not pawing at his eyes, his eyes just look like he is sick whenever he lifts his head and then he closes them and puts his head down. They flushed his eyes at the ER.

Thank you for the sympathetic words. If I was a superstitious sort, I would be thinking someone has a voodoo doll:eek::rolleyes:;):D

Once, a long time ago, someone said to me "do you ever have a dull moment in your life?" My reply was ,"no, not so much!"

But I have to look at it this way, it could be a lot worse than it is so I need to say the glass is half full:);)

I told the vet tech I was worried people will start thinking I am a hypocondriac when it comes to my pups!!!!!!!!!:rolleyes::o

well wouldn't have to be so darn hypochondriac about the pups if they would just quit getting so many darn things that baffle the vets. LOL
The nice thing is that you have plenty of good company. I think we are all a bit jumpy about our pups health. :)

Hope Koko feels better by morning. Sure does sound like some sort of allergic reaction to something.

Hmm, my MIL just came back from France tonight, she seems to have the same thing, itching and rubbing her eyes and has a cold to boot. No bile coming up though. Did KoKo sneak off to France by any chance when you weren't looking? Maybe him and my MIL have been hanging out. hahaha

hugs,
Sharlene

has anyone spray any sort of pesticides, fertilizers for lawn or trees?
wonder if there was any incident at groomers at all with any product, other groomer or animal? hope your baby is doing better.....hugs

How is Koko this morning? I can't offer any help since what I might have thought it was has been suggested but I sure can send Koko well wishes. Keep us posted.

Me, too...checking in.

How is your baby this morning?

Last night he pressed up against me as hard as he could in bed and would not move until hubby came to bed. This morning his eyes were still squinty but not tightly shut like yesterday am. I have him on a white rice and white turkey and egg white diet.

I had to go to work this morning to take care of an emergency and just got home. I fed Koko his second "meal" and he just came running to me his EYES WIDE OPEN:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

So far no more vomiting, Thank you all for your prayers. They worked. I have my slippery elm capsuls just in case and did not give him any more pepcid.;):)

That is really great news!!!!!
Terry

That is wonderful Addy. So glad KoKo is better. You are such a good furmama. Love, JoAnne

yay KoKo! Eyes Wide Open. Koko's newest mantra. LOL Wonder if it was a reaction to the pepcid. Has he had it before?

Good news Friday! We've been long over due.

hugs,
Sharlene

I dont know what it is with his eyes but Zoe has an appointment for her 3 month recheck next week so opthalmologist has scheduled a check up for Koko prior to her check up.

He always has had runny goopy eyes and no GP has been able to tell me why. I wonder if it is becuase he needs a dental. Hopefully next week will give us some insight for my little boy.

After all the trouble with Zoe's eyes, I am not taking any chances with Kokos.

LOL, I asked hubby why does it seem these pups are so much work, he told me it was me:rolleyes::rolleyes: I think he is insinuating I am overprotective mom;):o:rolleyes:

I admit to being an obsessive worrywart.:p:p:p:p:p:p

Oh no! Another twitchin' HAMMIE! :p:D:p You do know about that condition, right? Glynda diagnosed me with it; HAM - Hyper Active Mom. :D Like she has room to talk! ;):p

I hope this is nothing big with Koko. Let us know how things are going and what you learn with his eye exam.

Hugs,
Leslie

Hamie- yup, Leslie that is exactly the disease I have, I am so relieved to know:D:D:D:D:D Does brandy help it?:D:D:D:D:D

Hey, I just clicked on the ABC button and it said to go to some link to down load spell check and now "eye exam" is underlined in your post and when I clicked there I went to a commercial:confused:

Should I not have downloaded that spell check?

Weird....I can't say I've ever seen anything underlined in someone elses post. In my own as I write, yes, but not in a posted reply. I don't seem to have the ABC button either. :confused: I'm a techno idiot so maybe someone else can explain why you are seeing this and getting a connection to an ad. That doesn't sound right.... twitch

Koko went for his eye exam with the opthalmologist today. He has a very mild case of uvitis and will be on fluriporfen 3 x a day fo 1 week then 2 x a day for 2 weeks and then recheck.

His eye pressure is on the low side of normal.

I will wait to get the report mailed to me but there was talk about a million systemic causes for uvitis. His lower eye lid is turned in and blocking part of his tear duct opening so that is why his tears are always leaking out but the tear ducts are open and do not need to be cleaned out. He said this is very common with cockers and shih tszu and little dogs.

I am not sure where we are going with this. Hubby is freaked out. I am trying to remain calm until I read his report tomorrow.

It is possible becuase he has gingivitis and needs a dental that could be the cause. I will hold on to that thought:):):):)

hey Addy :))

Don't let hubby freak you out too. (only one freaking at a time!)

Read the report, do the medication. Things will come together and Koko will be okay. You're practically a pro at this point. This isn't nearly as bad as what you went through with Zoe.
Think, Teflon Mom!

hmm..I wonder, it is surprising how many things seem to go along with the dental issues isn't it.

hugs,
Sharlene

Well, I came over here to post that Koko's labs are all normal this year, fecal is good, no worries like last year. I made sure I fasted him this time for eight hours and he has had no Angel Eyes plus I have been mixing in Keen with his Embark.

Big Sigh of relief. Funny thing, I must not want him to age because last year I read on this thread we were telling him Happy Birthday in August as he turned five and I thought he was going to turn five again this year:D:D

I think I will just keep him at five years old forever:D:D

Now we just have to get through Mr. Drama's dental on Friday!!!

Great news on Koko :D Forever 5 !!! :D

GO KOKO, GO KOKO, YAYYYYYYYYY!:D Love the great news!
Hugs,
Kathy

Oh Addy, that is such great news about Koko!!!! Way to go Mom and Koko!!!!

Great news, Addy! On both the labs and on having a forever-five Koko! :p

That is so wonderful Addy. Good luck with that dental Friday. I just love good news. Mr. KoKo is good and healthy. Love, JoAnne

YAY from our house, too! :) :) :)

Good luck tomorrow!

Marianne, Peg and Luna

Thanks guys as I have been trying not to worry about the little boy but that hyper alert worry just never goes away when you are a Cush mom even when it involves your non Cush pup.;)

I'm confident we will get through his dental tomorrow just fine.

Simba has called his jungle buddies to do a dance for Koko, we are celebrating the good news with you!!!

Hey that's such good news, dread for test results will probably never leave me either. Am so pleased they came back all good

Will be thinking of you both for Dental on Friday.

Work has been nuts and I am trying to get ready to go away for two weeks next weekend, nothing exciting going on!

Big hug, kisses to the fur kiss

Mel
Cxxx

Great news about Koko's lab results!! Yippee!!!!
Nothing wrong with staying 5! I'm pretty sure I'm 34 and Molly is always 8. :) (I always think that when someone asks how hold she is, but no idea why)
Hope the drama isn't too much on Friday, although I bet it will be. "mom they are killing me here!" Course then you have to actually go Into the vets. LOL

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Yeah, the drama already started:( we made it through all the fasting, everything was going along just fine)

So here we are in the room and Dr. D is reviewing everything with me, we conclude the meeting and Koko is a happy boy rolling on the floor. Dr.D bends over, picks him up and Koko starts yelping loudly like he was horribly injured and we both were so startled and my heart sunk to my feet and my stomach flopped so hard I thought I would vomit. Then Dr. D tickled his face and said oh did I scare you and Koko licked his face and was fine, the drama was over and I walked out wishing Dr a lot of luck with the Drama King.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

But my hands are still shaking, he scared me so with that yelping, it sounded so awful.:(:(

awwww... I know that scared you to pieces! :eek: Silly boy, scaring Mom and Doc like that. :D I hope all goes well with the dental. Let us know when he is through and back home!

Sending positive thoughts across the miles! I'm sure all the drama will be worth it once Koko flashes his pearly whites this evening! ;) :)

Keeping everything here crossed for good results.

In her younger days, Rozee would scream like a little girl, literally like a little girl whenever a stranger tried to pick her up. :o

I only hear Molly scream like that once (like a little girl) and it was at a stranger who tried to walk in the front door. (he had the wrong house and molly backed him up against the outside wall) He won't do that again! and I keep the front door locked even when I'm home now. (although it only happened once in all these years)

Koko is sure a hoot with his drama. Sounds like the doc knows just how to treat that though, with a tickle to the chin! LOL

Hoping it all goes well!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

How terrifying! After they scare us to death, they're fine. We are basket cases for much longer! :eek: Doesn't seem to be quite fair.:o Once his teeth are all done, you can both relax.
Big hugs to you, Miss Cujo and the drama king,
Kathy

WOW, Zoe did not look or act like this after major surgery:(:(

He looked so out of it when I picked him up at three. He just lay in the car on his side and did not move, his eyes looked really weird.

I finally got him up at five thirty. He did not want to eat but I was supposed to feed him and give him a pain pill. I had to take his food and stick it on my finger and he would lick it off. Then I waited half hour to give him the rest, no more than 1/2 his usual dinner they said.

He is sleeping again. I asked my youngest granddaughter to come to visit him. Koko loves children and he thinks Kayla is his litter mate, loves her to bits.

They had to pull one small tooth, way in the back, otherwise they said he did really well.

I hope he feels better tomorrow.

Addy,
It sounds like a little too much anesthesia to me!:eek: That same thing happened to Buddy when I had him neutered. He was so out of it he couldn't even stand up when I picked him up. Poor Koko. I am so sorry. I hope he feels tons better in the morning. Big hugs to you mom,
Kathy

Awww poor Koko.

This will just reaffirm that he is of course right to make the drama at the vets office. Just look what they did to him, Torture for sure, there were probably medieval torture racks in there if only he could remember better. Oh well have some more food from mom's finger. hmmm, might not be so bad after all, she'll give me anything right now. :)

hugs and a few giggles,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Awww poor Koko, sending loving and healing hugs. My boy, Sampson, was really knocked out when I picked him up from a dental cleaning, I suppose some dogs may just be more sensitive to the anesthesia.

Hoping Koko perks up real fast.

I bet he is bright eyed and busy tailed this morning! Should not be too bad with only one wee tooth out. Anaesthetic has zonked him by the sound of it. Still I always think better to be sleeping it off than uncomfortable :D After Flynn's dental/ulcer removal few weeks back he was kinda wired that evening, could not sit still and wanted outside! Would rather he had slept it off like Koko instead of wandering around so drugged up! Is his pain pill non steroidal? They always best taken with food, so presuming that is what it is. Bet he is hungry today too... so will look forward to a good Koko report soon! xxx

Good to know he is not the only one who was out of it and Sharlene, I laughed so hard at your post. This morning he was still a bit under the weather so I had to hand feed him again. I was sure Zoe would be in our face as I was sitting on the floor with him and FOOD:p

I warned Zoe, "Today is about your brother, not about you, behave."

She totally understood and ignored the food and me feeding him. I could not believe it.:D:D

Tonight, he is finally normal and ate on his own.:D:D

Good boy, Koko, hope this means the worst is over.

Hmmm. Isn't it funny how boy dogs try to act so brave but are actually just big wimps when it comes to anything scary? At least that is also my experience with my Maxwell. Fortunately (and thankfully), he has always been super healthy. He'd have been quite a handful if he had to go through even 1/4 of what Ali has endured! Glad to hear he continues to do well!