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Originally Posted by MissSunni  Hi, I'm so sorry to hear about the failing health of your lil baby. I have had dogs with eye problems. Shih Tzu's are notorious for developing them. I will share a story but only to give you something to think about. I just lost my little angel...he was 15, but also had cataracts in both eyes...and a serious deterioation of the cornea in his right eye. They did first surgery in Nov and from then, things just went from bad to worse  . He wound up losing the eye and very limited sight in the other one. I'm convinced that the surgery was so traumatic for him at his age..the anesthesia etc, that he didn't come out of it very well at all. He had dementia when he got home. It was a rapid decline from there. I lost him on January 3. I wish I had not done the surgery and just let him have peaceful days at the end. Instead of recovering from the horrible surgery living with that cone on his little head. I regret going ahead with it. If he were younger and had a chance to relearn how to live with the situation it would have been different. I am only sharing my story because its so fresh and recent. He was on eye drops for years for so many different things. I cant even remember now if he had drops for his cataracts or not..but I do think so.
I will definitely be thinking of you and your little one and sending prayers. Best of luck and good wishes. |
MissSunni, I am so deeply sorry for the loss of your loved little baby. Your story is heart wrenching. I teared up reading it. But I wanted to sincerely thank you for sharing it. My baby's vision is getting cloudy. I have often wondered if surgery was available that could fix it, if I would do it. I am having a very hard time accepting that my babies are aging and starting to have health issues. But reading your story has helped me to realize that maybe sometimes it is better to let life take its course and enjoy what time we have with our babies and make their lives as wonderful as we can.
I am really sorry that the surgery didn't work out because I know that you loved your baby so much that you wanted to make his life the best it could be. You had no way of knowing the outcome so please don't look back and kick yourself for doing it. You were a great, loving mommy.
Shiva, I hope you can find what your baby needs. You are a great puppy mommy too.