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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2007Roxy's eye: fully recovered!!
Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after undergoing a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye looked substantially better, but now it's official - the eye doctor turned off the light, put on his eye-examining headset, looked into her eye, and said that indeed, she has fully recovered. *** HOORAY!!!!! *** And there's a bit of nyah-nyah-nyah in my cheer too, because this is the doctor who prophesied that when I came back, her eye wouldn't be any better and I'd have to give her birth control pills. He was essentially humoring me when I asked to give the anti-herpes drops a try first, because he was certain it wasn't caused by herpes. (He didn't even think she had herpes.) Score one for the little guy! All told, this eye infection, which she has had since February, has cost me about $2000. Sure wish someone had thought to give her this medication right away, but 20/20 hindsight and all that. She looks beautiful again, too! :) Joyce On Jul 13, 2:49 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after > undergoing a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Joyce Cheers and celebration for Roxie and headbutts for you for taking such good care of her. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after > undergoing a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye > looked substantially better, but now it's official - the eye > doctor turned off the light, put on his eye-examining headset, > looked into her eye, and said that indeed, she has fully recovered. <snip> That's wonderful!  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:49:24 +0000, jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt wrote: > Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after undergoing > a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye looked substantially [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Joyce Wonderful news! Old saying: "Mother knows best"> MLB Yay, great news! Sorry about the huge bill though, you wouldn't think an eye infection could turn out to be so expensive! SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after > undergoing a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Joyce On Jul 13, 2:49 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after > undergoing a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Joyce That's great news. I am so happy for you and Roxy. Winnie >Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after >undergoing a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Joyce I'm glad Roxy's eye is all healed! Having some medical background, it seems obvious to me to use an opthalmic anti-viral, such as Acyclovir(sp?) for a herpes eye infection. Birth control hormones make no sense to me at all.... I have heard of using opthalmic Prednisone drops for a herpes infection, to control inflammation, but not birth control , systemic, hormones. I have to have my eyes checked annually, because I use inhaled steroids for asthma. Kenzie has some pigment in the iris of her right eye, a very slow melanoma; not serious, so far. It costs more to have Kenzie's eye checked out, than to have my eyes checked. Go figure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha > Having some medical background, it seems obvious to me to use an > opthalmic anti-viral, such as Acyclovir(sp?) for a herpes eye infection. I think she got something like that early on, which helped some, but not enough. Considering how horrible it looked when she first had the infection, I was grateful it helped at all. But she continued to have a discolored eye for months. She was also on antibiotics, plus an anti-inflammatory, but not a steroid. The medication that did the trick is apparently used specifically for herpes. It's called Cido-something (sorry, don't remember). The doctor gave her this "just in case", even though he didn't believe she had herpes. > Birth control hormones make no sense to me at all.... I read an article that explains why it works. It's not specifically for herpes cats, but it addresses certain kinds of eye problems. The issue I had was just that I didn't want to expose her to the many problems that can be caused by taking such strong hormones. I myself wouldn't even take them, so why would I give them to my cat? > It costs more to have Kenzie's eye checked out, than to have my eyes > checked. Go figure. Because you have coverage? Or do you mean the whole bill costs more? Amazing. Joyce On Jul 13, 1:49 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: ...- the eye > doctor turned off the light, put on his eye-examining headset, > looked into her eye, and said that indeed, she has fully recovered. ... > Joyce That must be a big relief. I'm glad he decided to "humor" you and use the drops as you requested. Sometimes I think we should be charging the doctor instead of the other way around. Annie > I'm glad he decided to "humor" you and use the drops as you requested. > Sometimes I think we should be charging the doctor instead of the > other way around. Doctors would do well to learn to take their patients' observations and experience seriously. I mean, I have been living with this cat for 9 years - maybe I actually do know something? This doctor isn't a bad guy, but he has enough arrogance to get in his way. The way he simply waved off the idea that Lysine can help herpes cats - evidently that didn't fit in with his worldview, so he refused to even consider it. This is a serious flaw, and not just in terms of bedside manner. It really deprived him of valuable information. He did have the grace to be genuinely pleased when she turned out OK, even if he didn't openly admit I was right. Well, as the receptionist said as I was leaving, "I hope we won't be seeing you any time soon." :) Joyce > Roxy had her follow-up exam at the opthalmologist today, after > undergoing a course of anti-herpes eye drops. I thought her eye > looked substantially better, but now it's official - the eye > doctor turned off the light, put on his eye-examining headset, > looked into her eye, and said that indeed, she has fully recovered. <snip> > She looks beautiful again, too! :) > > Joyce What a relief! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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