My head is spinning. Accordig to the vet, Casey has to be in a lot of pain. Blood vessels have ruptured and the pressure is so bad and the damage so extensive that the eye simply can't be save. We suspected that. So Cassie, for now, is on heavy doses of pain meds. Her eye will be removed in about a week.
The cataract on her other eye has reached a stage where the vet doesn't hold out much hope of her being able to see if it is removed. She advised that it just wasn't worth what we would have to put in to it. She would only give me about a 10% chance that surgery would be successful and the eyesignt probably wouln't be that good even if the cateract was successfully removed. Evidently they do damage to the eye. I deidnt know that.
Cassie is in early stage heart failure but her lungs are great and the vet seems to think the surgery will go alright.
The vet tech has a blind cat and she gave me some tips on how to cope with it. I hope and pray that Cassie can learn to cope and not be afraid of the darkness around her. Bless her heart. She deserves a chance. We intend to give it to her.
I'll let you all know how it goes. Thanks again for the support.
L
PS If you see a lot of typos blame Touhy. She is walking all over my keybord and I'm tired of going back and correcting her paw prints.
Hugs
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