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Originally Posted by Ladymom  I lucked out by getting Lady into her ophthalmologist quickly as the infection pockets penetrate the surface of the eye. Lady's had only penetrated it slightly and she is a very good patient, so they were able to numb her eye and remove as much of the infection as possible without anesthesia. They cultured it and found both a fungal and bacterial infection. She was on very expensive eye drops for a month, but it cleared up. The vet school ophthalmologist told me that they usually have to be surgically removed and sometimes require a graft.
I tend to have little issues checked out before they become big problems, thankfully. |
Words to live by.
Thank you for sharing Lady's experience, and thank you Yorkiedaze for the info on juvenile cataracts. After Max's eye problems, I like to learn all I can so that I can be prepared.