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08-28-2006, 06:58 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle
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| My diabetic Yorkie has cataracts - just confirmed today Daisy is only 7 -1/2 years old. I am going to take her tomorrow to see if there is anything an eye vet can do, but evidently the only option would be surgery at about $2000 plus huge amounts of follow-up care. It is so sad - she loves to look out at the world, and I love to have her look at it and me! |
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08-29-2006, 03:43 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SW Fl
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| I am so sorry for your baby. I would call around some eye vets charge different prices. |
08-29-2006, 06:30 AM | #3 |
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| That's so heartbreaking. Let us know what you find out at the eye dogtor.
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08-29-2006, 11:30 AM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
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| Sorry to hear about your baby. If you can afford the surgery and the risks are minimal then I would definitely look into it, but I think you will find that she will be just fine and will adjust so well it will amaze you. |
08-29-2006, 07:52 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle
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| Doggie with cataracts - cope with her going blind or get surgery? The eye vet explained the options today - I'm trying to decide whether to just let things go and cope with it, so she will go blind for sure, or have her get surgery, which they say has 94% chance of success but could have complications, is really expensive and needs a lot of follow up. One thing that upset me was that if I don't get the surgery,or if the surgery doesn't go well, they may actually have to remove her eyes due to inflammation. They said this isn't really too big a deal for dogs, and showed me pictures of dogs that they had done this for. The dogs did look like they were happy enough, but the idea was so scary. Does anyone have any experience with making this choice? |
09-01-2006, 12:59 PM | #7 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| im just praying for a miracle.,,,god bless
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10-03-2006, 04:53 PM | #9 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle
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| Eye Surgery for Yorkie's Cataracts? Trying to decide. I scheduled Daisy a week ago for surgery next Wednesday the 11th, and told the vet I'd let them know my final decision by tomorrow. Yikes - I don't know what to do. I want her to see, but I wonder if I'm more upset about her being blind that she would be. She can still see a bit, but that won't continue, so I have to decide. There comes a point where the surgery wouldn't do any good. This is hard! |
10-03-2006, 05:20 PM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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| I will keep you and Daisy in my prayers, and that God will guide you to make the right decision. If the surgery is 94% that she will have her vision that is an excellent prognosis of her seeing again after surgery. God Bless.. and keep us posted... Gina |
10-04-2006, 10:28 PM | #11 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA
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| I never had to make the decision that you are facing - but one of my little dogs was diabetic - and the vet did tell me that there was a good chance that she would become blind later on. But - she went on quickly to say that dogs adjust to blindness very well and can get along very well. Nevertheless, it is sad -- I'm sorry. ***** If you do decide not to have the surgery - and you have the time and ability to give her a little extra care - she will probably do very well. I wish you the best of luck -- Carol Jean |
10-05-2006, 09:52 AM | #12 | |
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10-05-2006, 10:09 AM | #13 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle
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| Cataract surgery for Diabetic Yorkie? Thanks - that is comforting. The vet was telling me this morning that he also thought Daisy would do fine if she is blind, unless there was some real reason she needed to be able to see, such as going to unfamiliar places often, which she doesn't really do. |
10-05-2006, 10:18 AM | #14 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: kent england
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| my dads dog is fine as long as he knows where everything is and no one moves things and he can still hear when the bicky tin is opened lol also my friends rescued shi zue (not sure how you spell that lol) was born blind and after she took him home it only took about 3 days for him to remember where everything was and he settled in really well. i think it bothers us more than them, the only thing i can say is different with my zac is he is a bit more clingy to me and cuddly.
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10-05-2006, 11:09 AM | #15 |
No Longer A Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK
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| I just want to wish you good luck in whatever you deceide for Daisy. I can just immagine how difficult it must be to have to make such a decision. Bless you both and good luck to Daisy if she does have the surgery. |
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