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Cat's eye advice
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 he http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mvenha...bum?.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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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 Matthew Venhaus wrote: 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 he http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mvenha...bum?.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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Matthew Venhaus wrote in message ... 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 he http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mvenha...bum?.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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"Matthew Venhaus" 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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cybercat wrote in message ... "Matthew Venhaus" 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? 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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"Matthew Venhaus" 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 wrote:
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. That's great, I'm glad her eye problem was not serious. Candace |
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"cybercat" wrote in message ... "Matthew Venhaus" 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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"Matthew Venhaus" wrote in message ... "cybercat" wrote in message ... "Matthew Venhaus" 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. Hmm. Then I wonder why her thyroid levels are testing low? |
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Lumpy wrote in message ... "Matthew Venhaus" wrote in message ... "cybercat" wrote in message ... "Matthew Venhaus" 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. 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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