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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, thanks very much for sharing your story...sad to hear this and RIP ur baby.....I have not really pushed for any eye operation mainly afraid of the experience you have talked about..I can clearly see my babys health deteriorate slowly as she is getting older...a year back, she weighed 16 pounds...after the hospitalization and kidney issues, she was 11 pounds...now, she is hovering around that range and we are very careful about her diet..for now, we are happy that she is eating and drinking well..
I will contact the vet for the eye drops...