Comments on: How Much Does Dog Eye Ulcer Surgery Cost? https://www.howmuchisit.org/dog-eye-ulcer-surgery-cost/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 17 Oct 2018 04:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Margie https://www.howmuchisit.org/dog-eye-ulcer-surgery-cost/#comment-430043 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 04:59:26 +0000 https://www.howmuchisit.org/?p=75039#comment-430043 My baby boy had his first cornea ulcer in 2017. Our Vet tried to treat it in a non invasive way first. Steroids, drops, and trying to remove the ulcer with a Qtip. When it spread before our eyes, our Vet recommended a specialist who did a diamond burr procedure. We paid approximately $900, which included everything, even a post op visit two weeks later. The specialist warned that the other eye might experience the same issue within a year. Almost to the day, we noticed him rubbing his other eye. We repeated the same process with one exception. We did not give him the steroids and wait two weeks to see if it would heal. We opted to have the diamond burr procedure again as we knew it was very painful for him and to additional weeks of the cone on his head was more painful for me to put him through.

The cost was the same and he is actually healing now. This time, it seemed to be more painful and the recovery a bit more rugged. Then again, he is a year older.

My best recommendation is to find a specialist you can trust and ask him/her about their surgical process. Some bring all patients in early in the morning and they may be there all day, crates without food, water, or pain medication. This was my situation as my dog spent 9 1/2 hours at VCA and they never did the surgery. Instead, they offered for us to come back another day! Seriously…

Do your research, follow all post op instructions, and keep the cone on no matter what. It hurts us more than it hurts them.

Best of success!

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