Well, I’m depressed today, and I may as well just get the bad news out of the way first so we can go on to better stuff. The retina is detaching in Gwydion’s right eye, which means he will go completely blind in that eye. The visit started out looking hopeful. The atropine was doing [...]
But really, not quite gone yet. I was sure that he was going to be completely blind before the surgery date, but I haven’t seen a noticeable deterioration in the past month. I’m almost tempted to put it off, but really, it’s already scheduled and I have the time off work, so I need to [...]
This vision loss thing seems to be making Gwydion very grumpy. He’s still fine most of the time, but his tolerance for the cats has gone way down. It’s odd, because he’s always liked cats (if we encounter one while out and about, he always wants to “talk” to it, and we usually manage to [...]
Well, our ophthalmologist appointment was today (we saw Dr. Ebinger at Oakland Animal Hospital). Gwydion always gets way too excited riding in the car, so he got an extra dose of carbs and a lot of water before we left. I checked his BG when we got there, and he was fine. I had to [...]
Gwydion sees the specialist on November 22nd (soonest we could get in). I’m putting together a list of questions (see To Ask the Eye Specialist) – if you have any thoughts on additions, I’d like to hear from you!