The before and after shots I promised

I'm sooo happy. She actually had eyes under those third eyelids!

School

I've decided to start concentrating on school. I have been thinking about being a veterinarian and some of the places I've looked at for information about it, tell you to get the highest form of Math and Science available to you. I think they said English, too. I've been doing a really bad job at Algebra lately, though. I hope I can bring my grades up more. I've always loved Science, but I don't remember getting an exceptional grades in that either. I also read somewhere that only 30 percent of students applying to schools get accepted! I'm not sure that this is true, but that's what I've heard. I'm not sure I would make it in. But I'm sure I won't make it in if I don't even try! I don't know what college I'm looking at yet, but I would like to find a Christian veterinary college if I can. I don't know if they have such schools, but I plan on looking. I'm thinking about Bob Jones for pre-veterinary med. It requires a high school education and somewhere from 2-4 years of undergraduate school to get into a college of veterinary medicine. That's a lot of schoolwork. A lot of studying. Wow. But I'm gonna try at least. I don't even know if this is what God has in mind for me, but I think He would want me to try. Anyway, that's all I've got to post for now.

Christmas mood

I want Christmas, just for the record...so time for another countdown.

Colleen is going to have surgery soon. Just not yet. And I believe our vet is actually going to take out the third eyelid instead of tacking it down. Not sure yet.

99 days, 9 hours, 44 minutes until Christmas eve...

Veterinarian

Well, today we are taking my dog to the veterinarian. The vet is going to check her eyes and she will probably be scheduled for surgery. She has what I believe to be cherry eye. It is a prolapse(or inflammation) of the third eyelid.

We first noticed it last fall or so when she had a sac-like piece of flesh jutting out of the corner of her eye. The vet thought she might have allergies. But it kept coming back.

Now she has it in both eyes. According to the research I've been doing, she will probably have to have surgery. The vet will put a stitch in her eye to hold it back. They previously had been taking the whole thing out, however, it produces approximately 30 percent of the dog's tears, so they are trying to stitch it back into the eye. It has been 90 percent successful(don't quote me on these approximations).

Anyways, this apparently is common in some breeds such as Cocker Spaniels and bulldogs. Just a little note.