| Buster Bailey is 10 years old now. My mom and I have had him since
he was ten weeks old, he always has been the apple of my mom's eye. He
is her blue eyed man! On April 29, 2007 my mom was outside and saw him
walking around the backyard sniffing around trying to find the doggie door,
and then my mom went over to him and it seemed that he was blind all of
a sudden. We rushed him over to the emergency vet's were he spent three
days in the ICU and they had explained to us that he was diabetic and that
it seems that he lost his sight. We didn't know what to do really, we came
right home and started researching what to do if your dog is blind and
is diabetic. We had many issues with the Vet that took care of him at the
emergency hospital, so we checked him out and took him to our Vet of ten
years, and that is where it turned around for us. When we first brought
him home, he wouldn't eat and everyday we were traveling forty miles one
way to vets office and dropping Buster off so they could care for him and
start to get his glucose levels under control. Finally about one month
into this whole ordeal we were able to start testing him, getting him to
eat on a regular basis and giving him his insulin.
Now you would never know he is blind or diabetic, we take him on his
morning walks and he is as alert as can be. He eats chicken, barley, brown
rice, spinach and a doggie multi-vitamin, and he is always looking for
more. We make him home made diabetic approved doggie treats that our other
two dogs love just as much as he does! He has lost a good twenty pounds
but he is full of life! He enjoys swimming again and playing with the other
dogs! Recently I bought Buster a brand new collar that states that he is
"Blind and Diabetic" in case for some reason he were to get out and just
for people to know that just because he is blind does mean he isn't a normal
dog and he can do anything and everything another dog does, and that includes
sleeping on my mom's bed at night!!!
Proud Owners of Buster,
Stacey (Daughter) and Karen (Mom)
PS
If any one is interested in Buster's collar that I enclosed the picture
of please let me know, I do order it thru a government website AAFES so
if they are unable to log on I can place orders for them and have it shipped.
I am extremely willing to help out any other babies and baby's owners if
I can!
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