Fwd: EPISODE 1081 MORGAN SKEOCH, EDINBURGH VETERINARY SCHOOL 4TH YR PLACEMENT IN ONTARIO.SUMMER 1024…how to remove An eyeball

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Date: July 20, 2024 at 3:15:18 PM EDT

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From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>

Subject: EPISODE 1081 MORGAN SKEOCH, EDINBIRGH VETERINARY SCHOOL 4TH YR PLACEMENT IN ONTARIO.SUMMER 1024…how to remove n eyeball

Date: July 16, 2024 at 11:42:44 AM EDT

To: john Wardle <jwardle@rogers.com>, Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>, Morgan Skeoch <morgan.skeoch@googlemail.com>

EPISODE 1081   MORGAN SKEOCH, EDINBURGH VETERINARY SCHOOL 4TH YR  PLACEMENT IN ONTARIO.SUMMER 2024…how to remove an eyeball

alan skeoch

July14, 2024

“WE know  she is old and some  people would have her put down… but we love her. Can you help?”

‘Her eye is a problem….detached lens .The eye will have to be removed.  We can do that.”

“Will Babs be hurt?”

‘No.  Babs will be sedated,   We know the  procedure.”

Those who have never owned a horse will never understand the horse to human bond.

“Putting her down is out of the question.  Sedate her now;  “

ENTER Morgan Skeoch, 4th year student at the Edinburgh Veterinary School in Scotland.

observing the work of a veterinary surgeon in Ontario, Canada.

‘Grandpa, today we removed an eye from  an 18 or 19 year old Appaloosa mare”

PROCEDURE AS DESCRIBED BY MORGAN SKEOCH

“Sedation is injected into the jugular vein and must be checked periodically.

(Detomidine + Torbugesic  + Xylazine )

Once sedation drip takes hold  we made sure her head was in position for incisions around the

  eye   Then a ring block was marked along the Proposed incision route. Four retrobulbar blocks (local

anaesthetic)were injected behind the eye. Eyelids were sutured together and an elliptical incision was cut

around the eyelids to the level of the conjunctival sac.  Then blunt dissection was done around the 

eye towards the back, breaking any attachments . Careful dissection of the optic nerve to be sure 

it does not affect the other eye … the two nerve ends communicate so care must be taken.

Then the eyeball is removed and gauze is inserted in the socket to staunch the bleeding.Once staunched the gauze is removed 

The  incision site is sutured up in  a continuous fashion for 2/3 of the length. Individual sutures complete the incision

to allow  for quicker and simple removal if a problem occurs post surgery.  The mare (Babs) is then bandaged and taken off sedation.”

 (Morgan Skeoch, July 2024)

“What was your role Morgan?”

“I had to keep the horse standing and performed TPR (temp, pulse, resp.rate) every 15 minutes.  If she wanted to lie down I pushed her to keep her up.  I was part of the

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