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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote:
"happilycrabby" 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
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

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.

:::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

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