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Matthew Venhaus - 04 Oct 2005 04:27 GMT

Jade had two visits to the vet last week and a couple of surgeries, but I'm
afraid she may be headed back again. Since after her surgeries (removal of
mass in throat area and microchiping), she has had trouble with her left
eye. Pictures are here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mvenhaus@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/5273

I'll be calling the vet tomorrow, but do y'all have any ideas about what is
going on?

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Rhonda - 04 Oct 2005 06:28 GMT

I know you're calling the vet tomorrow, but I'd get an appointment for
her right away. My first thought was infection, maybe something from the
surgery.

Is she on antibiotics?

Did this happen immediately after surgery? If so, I would ask them about
any damage that could have happened during the procedures. They may have
put something in her eye during surgery (maybe to keep them moist) that
did not agree with her.

Good luck,

Rhonda

> Jade had two visits to the vet last week and a couple of surgeries, but
> I'm afraid she may be headed back again. Since after her surgeries
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> I'll be calling the vet tomorrow, but do y'all have any ideas about what
> is going on?

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Matthew Venhaus - 13 Oct 2005 16:08 GMT

> Jade had two visits to the vet last week and a couple of surgeries, but I'm
> afraid she may be headed back again. Since after her surgeries (removal of
> mass in throat area and microchiping), she has had trouble with her left
> eye. Pictures are here:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mvenhaus@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/5273

> I'll be calling the vet tomorrow, but do y'all have any ideas about what is
> going on?

Updating: Jade was diagnosed with Horner's (?) syndrome and the vet
suggested it would likely go away in a week or so. Yesterday, her eye
was back to normal. The mass removed from her throat was thyroid
tissue but I haven't yet noticed a decrease in activity or an increase
in appetite.

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cybercat - 13 Oct 2005 19:12 GMT

"Matthew Venhaus" <matthewvenhaus@hotmail.com>

> Updating: Jade was diagnosed with Horner's (?) syndrome and the vet
> suggested it would likely go away in a week or so. Yesterday, her eye
> was back to normal. The mass removed from her throat was thyroid
> tissue but I haven't yet noticed a decrease in activity or an increase
> in appetite.

I'm glad her eye condition is not serious. Did your vet do bloodwork
to see how her thyroid levels are?

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Matthew Venhaus - 13 Oct 2005 20:48 GMT

> "Matthew Venhaus" <matthewvenhaus@hotmail.com>
>
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> I'm glad her eye condition is not serious. Did your vet do bloodwork
> to see how her thyroid levels are?

They were low, as suspected, but it is possible the gland will
increase production on it's own. Vet visits are very traumatic for
this cat (she came home extremely dehydrated), so unless there are
obvious symptoms I am going to assume this is what is happening.

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cybercat - 13 Oct 2005 20:55 GMT

"Matthew Venhaus" <matthewvenhaus@hotmail.com> wrote :

> > I'm glad her eye condition is not serious. Did your vet do bloodwork
> > to see how her thyroid levels are?
> >
> They were low, as suspected, but it is possible the gland will
> increase production on it's own.

I see, so they were taken after the surgery. I guess there was no
reason to take them before, or the vet saw no reason to.

>Vet visits are very traumatic for
> this cat (she came home extremely dehydrated)

I understand.

, so unless there are

> obvious symptoms I am going to assume this is what is happening.

I was more worried about hyperthyroid than hypothyroid, as I am
familiar with the dangers of the first condition. Tell me, did they take
much of
her thyroid? Or just the growth?

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Matthew Venhaus - 14 Oct 2005 03:48 GMT

> "Matthew Venhaus" <matthewvenhaus@hotmail.com> wrote :
>
> I was more worried about hyperthyroid than hypothyroid, as I am
> familiar with the dangers of the first condition. Tell me, did they take
> much of
> her thyroid? Or just the growth?

None of her thyroid was removed, just the tumor.

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Lumpy - 14 Oct 2005 11:11 GMT

> > "Matthew Venhaus" <matthewvenhaus@hotmail.com> wrote :
> >
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> >
> None of her thyroid was removed, just the tumor.

Hmm. Then I wonder why her thyroid levels are testing low?

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Matthew Venhaus - 14 Oct 2005 20:34 GMT

> > > "Matthew Venhaus" <matthewvenhaus@hotmail.com> wrote :
> > >
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>
> Hmm. Then I wonder why her thyroid levels are testing low?

Her thyroid levels were low one day after removing the thyroid tumor;
they haven't been tested since. I don't think a healthy thyroid gland
produces hormones indiscriminately. I don't know enough to know what
the regulation mechanism would be, but I'm fairly sure there is one.

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Candace - 14 Oct 2005 02:53 GMT

That's great, I'm glad her eye problem was not serious.

Candace

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