Lucy gettng her eye drops

Lucy gettng her eye drops

Our little clan has a history of crazy eye infections.

  • Court: I’ve had cellulitis in my eye, conjunctivitis repeatedly and have a family history of graves disease.
  • E: Has pigmentation sloughing off of the back of his cornea which is an early warning sign of glaucoma
  • Lucy: (shown, above), had crazy eye issues this spring, which lead us to frequent one of the two Veterinary Ophthalmologists in NYC and spend thousands of dollars on her. Apparently she had an optic nerve which was releasing fluid into the back of her eye, which was making her vision cloudy. She was treated with shots and aggressive steroid treatment and ointments. She was NOT a happy kitty. You can see E, above, trying to give her the medication and how much she struggled. For an old, blind cat, she certainly had quiet a bit of spunk in her to try and fight when she did not want to take her eye drops!
  • Linus: For the past two days he has been having green gunk oozing out of his eyeball. When I noticed it was green and not going away, I got worried and finally took him to the vet. He had also been scratching at that eye with his paw. The diagnosis was canine conjunctivitis which is apparently not contagious and could be the result of dust in his eye or picking it up at the dog park. He’s now on drops three times a day and also an eye-bath. They asked me if I wanted to put him in an Elizabethan Collar, but I declined… for now, he’s been pretty good about not pawing at himself. Poor guy. If he is continuing the scratching I’ll get one for him.