Did you hear about Hernando County Animal Services mistakingly euthanizing a cat that was there for rabies quarrantine, instead of the one that was brought there for that. The owners of the quarrantined cat came to pick him up, and the shelter people said oops. Apparently, this happens more frequently than we know.
Moral of this story- keep your pets vaccines current!!!
Well, 2 rechecks later, and her eye still looks awful, but apparently is healing. The problem is that Dr. Wolf (the ophthalmologist) says that the healing is going very slow now, and her cornea is shaped like a protruding ice cream cone, and it is going to stay that way if it heals.
Of course I freaked! A MORE protruding eye than her Pekingese-self already has! That’s an accident just begging to happen again- isn’t there something that we can do?
Dr. Wolf said that to help flatten the cornea as it heals, he would recommend suturing her eyelids shut (temporarily) so that the pressure keeps it flatter, and healing speeds up (hopefully).
So that’s what we did- Cami had that surgery on Wednesday afternoon. You really can’t believe that drama from Cami- the IV catheter placement was akin to a leg amputation in her mind- she was REALLY MISBEHAVING for such a small thing. Surgery went well though, and very fast. She looked terrible, but wasn’t painful and for that I was happy. Unfortunately, the next day, the sutures had loosened and her eye was exposed some- NOT GOOD. So guess what? Yep, back to surgery to have the sutures re-done—so again with the DRAMA! This time, Dr. Ernest did the procedure (Cami really likes her best anyway).
Today, all is well. Sutures are holding, Cami is eating, but she is grouchy. Not that I can blame her, I would be, too. Actually, I kind of am. I wish this were over, but only with a healed eye!
