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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2005Need Help-- Cat losing his EYE
Hi All. I am new to this group. I was refferred here by another member. Heres my problem: On Tues 8-30 my cat received a blunt trauma to his eyeball.The vet said he would probably lose his eye.HE also said that the eye itself would probably shrivel up and then his eyelid would stay closed on its own.Also said it looked like his lens was coming out... Fluid is leaking out. ...He is on antibiotics and pain med. I am wondering if anyone out there has been through this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Terri > Hi All. I am new to this group. I was refferred here by another member. > Heres my problem: On Tues 8-30 my cat received a blunt trauma to his [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > wondering if anyone out there has been through this. Any advice would > be greatly appreciated. Thanks Terri I have never been through this (although I have a wonderful cat that has blind since birth). However, I want to urge you to get your cat to a *specialist* ASAP. You cannot afford to take risks or delay in cases like this. If possible, go to a feline ophthalmologist at a teaching veterinary hospital (you will probably need a referral from your vet), but this is *urgent.* Please keep us updated. MaryL > "happilycrabby" <happilycrabby@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> Hi All. I am new to this group. I was refferred here by another >> member. Heres my problem: On Tues 8-30 my cat received a blunt [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> out there has been through this. Any advice would be greatly >> appreciated. Thanks Terri > I have never been through this (although I have a wonderful cat > that has blind since birth). However, I want to urge you to get > your cat to a *specialist* ASAP. You cannot afford to take > risks or delay in cases like this. If possible, go to a feline > ophthalmologist at a teaching veterinary hospital (you will > probably need a referral from your vet), but this is *urgent.* Or perhaps happilycrabby could plan on an emergency euthanasia as a contingency? There are a lot of cats which can be saved from death for very little money. I'm sure the owner has the cats well-being in mind and will do what he (or she) can. Your advice might be apt and appreciated, but please avoid doing the *urgent* guilt trip. > > "happilycrabby" <happilycrabby@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > might be apt and appreciated, but please avoid doing the *urgent* > guilt trip. :::waves to Terri::: I'm the one who sent Terri here. We don't have a feline opthamalogist in the area. I know this because this is the specialty my cousin is thinking of going into (her dad is a human eye dr) and she had to travel six hours to visit the practice of the nearest one. So it's not an option unfortunately. (And the university is hours away if they have one) Let's come up with some other ideas, please.... Juls, just wants to help Terri and the kitty  SignatureTo email (remove annoying hyphens) j-u-l-i at e-c-t-dot-o-r-g >> > "happilycrabby" <happilycrabby@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Juls, just wants to help Terri and the kitty In that case, is there any vet in the area with a lot of experience dealing with eyes? Incidentally, the reason I called it "urgent" is that delay in cases like this will sometimes be the difference between a problem that is treatable and one that is not (and it was *not* intended as a "guilt trip," as John Doe alleged). MaryL It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a fight.. He is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so much.. I love this cat with all my heart, and euthanasia would be a last resort, but I do have limited finances. His eye is a goner, but he is still pretty frisky. I am sure he will recover, but with only 1 eye. > It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a fight.. He > is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so much.. I love this cat > with all my heart, and euthanasia would be a last resort, but I do > have limited finances. His eye is a goner, but he is still pretty > frisky. I am sure he will recover, but with only 1 eye. He will be able to function very well with only one eye. My Duffy is completely blind, and he can do almost anything a sighted cat can do. He is a delightful, happy, loving little guy. So, don't be afraid of the quality of life your cat will have, even if the loss of an eye is inevitable. MaryL My cats -- Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e > It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a fight.. He > is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so much.. I love this cat > with all my heart, and euthanasia would be a last resort, but I do > have limited finances. His eye is a goner, but he is still pretty > frisky. I am sure he will recover, but with only 1 eye. That poster wasn't saying euthanize seriously, so don't even consider that. Like Mary said, plenty of cats do just fine totally blind. You concentrate on making sure he gets his medications and lots of TLC. He's going to be okay. Winky, but okay. He will adapt and you'll love him whether he's got one good eye or two. SignatureTo email (remove annoying hyphens) j-u-l-i at e-c-t-dot-o-r-g Juls <checksig none.com> wrote: > "happilycrabby" <happilycrabby yahoo.com> wrote: >> It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a >> fight.. He is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so >> much.. I love this cat with all my heart, and euthanasia would >> be a last resort, but I do have limited finances. His eye is a >> goner, but he is still pretty frisky. I am sure he will >> recover, but with only 1 eye. > That poster wasn't saying euthanize seriously, so don't even > consider that. That sounds pompous. > Like Mary said, plenty of cats do just fine totally blind. Mary also said to take the cat to a feline ophthalmologist. > You concentrate on making sure he gets his medications and lots > of TLC. I don't understand why you are saying that here if you know the person and referred her to this discussion group. > He's going to be okay. Winky, but okay. He will adapt and you'll > love him whether he's got one good eye or two. In another sporadic reply, you asked for other suggestions. I'm not a medical expert, but. How about removing the soon to be dead eye tissue. That might help prevent all that dead tissue from becoming infected. Maybe that could be done by a veterinary surgeon, short of a veterinary eye specialist. Otherwise, she might want to be prepared for an emergency euthanasia. That is assuming the medications are not guaranteed to prevent an infection. Thank You for the reassurance. I want to tell you I am sorry for the recent loss of your beloved kitty. My heart goes out to you.Yes I think he'll be fine too. I will just keep up the meds. and tlc if it looks scary sat. morning I will demand to be seen at the vet. I won't wait until Tues. Terri ps. My cat's name is Clyde. Now he will be 'One Eyed Clyde' (smile) I have cried for 2 days, now I am taking it slower .... Thank You for the reassurance. I want to tell you I am sorry for the recent loss of your beloved kitty. My heart goes out to you.Yes I think he'll be fine too. I will just keep up the meds. and tlc if it looks scary sat. morning I will demand to be seen at the vet. I won't wait until Tues. Terri ps. My cat's name is Clyde. Now he will be 'One Eyed Clyde' (smile) I have cried for 2 days, now I am taking it slower .... > Thank You for the reassurance. I want to tell you I am sorry for the > recent loss of your beloved kitty. My heart goes out to you.Yes I think > he'll be fine too. I will just keep up the meds. and tlc if it looks > scary sat. morning I will demand to be seen at the vet. I won't wait > until Tues. Terri ps. My cat's name is Clyde. Now he will be 'One Eyed > Clyde' (smile) I have cried for 2 days, now I am taking it slower .... One Eyed Clyde sounds just fine. :) Sounds like our town has enough tears for awhile. I do like the idea of maybe posting to the vet group as Doe suggested...I don't think I've ever posted there. SignatureTo email (remove annoying hyphens) j-u-l-i at e-c-t-dot-o-r-g > It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a > fight.. In the "not so great outdoors". > He is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so much.. I love > this cat with all my heart, and euthanasia would be a last > resort, but I do have limited finances. His eye is a goner, but > he is still pretty frisky. I am sure he will recover, but with > only 1 eye. Are the medications for preventing the dead tissue from becoming infected? If you want learned replies, try this group: alt.med.veterinary I will go to this site in a few, the meds are antibiotica and pain meds. II looked them up and I don't think they are anything to do with 'dead tissue' . > ... the meds are antibiotica and pain > meds. II looked them up and I don't think they are anything to > do with 'dead tissue' . Again, the veterinary group is better for this, but. The eye is becoming dead tissue. It is at risk because dead tissue has no way of fighting disease. If there are any (malicious) germs in there, they will feed on the dead tissue more easily than if it were alive. And that would be one reason why removing the eye would help. > Path: newssvr17.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm02.news.prodigy.com!newsdst01.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail > From: "happilycrabby" <happilycrabby yahoo.com> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Injection-Info: g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=70.225.60.199; posting-account=TTR_Rw0AAAALW3AuVQSYNBC1shZ1VIkJ > Xref: newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com rec.pets.cats.health+behav:390068 HIs eye is definitely a goner.At this point I am trying to find out what may happen if it shrivels and etc. Wish I knew what to expect.I go back to the vet on 9-06 . I have no intention of euthanasia (ever) unless there were no options. I had a cat who as a kitten had a severe eye & ear infection when I found him. It left his one eye undeveloped and it eventually ruptured. If it shrivels up and the eye closes ok he should be ok. The issue will be keeping it moist if it doesn't shrivel and close to avoid infection. In my cats case the eye looked ok for quite a while but was all milky white and smaller than normal. I daily put in eye ointment to keep it moist but eventually it ruptured and the vet removed it and stitched the lid shut. I personally would have the eye removed and have the lid stitched shut rather than mess with it hoping it didn't become infected and waiting for it to maybe close up. It's a little bit of discomfort at first but then it's over and done with and the cat recovers just fine. Celeste > Hi All. I am new to this group. I was refferred here by another member. > Heres my problem: On Tues 8-30 my cat received a blunt trauma to his [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > wondering if anyone out there has been through this. Any advice would > be greatly appreciated. Thanks Terri Poor baby Kitty We may have to do that--I will find out what the best option is Tues. morn when I go back to the vet. Long weekend (figures) I figure the best thing I can do for him is to keep the antibiotics flowing through him, and keep up the pain medication. I am terrified of infection, and it's so close to the brain(?) I about hit the floor just thinking about my baby like this. So far his eye is staying moist. I have to wait until Tuesday for anything.If anything looks weirder than now I will take him Sat. morning and insist on him getting seen. Poor baby Kitty We may have to do that--I will find out what the best option is Tues. morn when I go back to the vet. Long weekend (figures) I figure the best thing I can do for him is to keep the antibiotics flowing through him, and keep up the pain medication. I am terrified of infection, and it's so close to the brain(?) I about hit the floor just thinking about my baby like this. So far his eye is staying moist. I have to wait until Tuesday for anything.If anything looks weirder than now I will take him Sat. morning and insist on him getting seen.
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