I always look at my girls eyes to see how they look IF I think they're sick - but I don't know if that has anything to do with this disorder....
We lost my husbands cocker to something that sounds like this - she had hardly any symptoms the day before ..We thought she just had a tummy upset cause that was the only thing she displayed - she was a little lethargic but not enough to alarm my husband to get her to a vet....till the next day -
When we woke up and checked on her - her gums had turned white overnight ... and her eyes were
BRIGHT White to the point of scaring me - We rushed her to the Vet (of course on a Sunday but our vet is great and met us there)- and she was too far gone - I never knew what it was ....She was 16 years old...
THIS PAGE HAS GOOD INFORMATION regarding treatment-
http://www.cloudnet.com/~jdickson/treatment.htm
and then there are sucess stories here -
http://www.cloudnet.com/~jdickson/successstories.htm
you may want to read them to see the different treatments they talk about - This is the kind of thing I'd want to read if I were dealing with an illness like this - and ALL THE BEST TO YOUR FAMILY Ellen !! I hope they can save her....