Gwydion’s right eye seems to be completely blind already. If I hold his head still, I can only move my finger to within a couple of inches of his left eye before he blinks and moves his head. If I try it with the right eye, he doesn’t move until my finger touches his lashes. [...]
I’ve noticed that Gwydion’s BG levels have been screwy (very high) right after a visit to the eye vet. I’ve been puzzling over it, because normally a vet visit (or anything else out of the ordinary) only messes up his numbers for that day. I think I figured it out (I guess I’m kinda slow [...]
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 [...]
As I said, Gwydion has seemed “down” or “off” for a few days now. Nothing that I could put my finger on and say “Ah Hah! That’s what’s bothering him!” but just kinda blah and droopy and unhappy. Well, yesterday (Wednesday) wasn’t a good day at all :-( He woke up around 4am and wanted [...]