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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 679760" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Well, this is supposed to be a "fun" furbaby thread...but I have to report that I had sad news today about my little man. Took him to the vet to follow up on the eye ulcer from a week ago Sunday. The good news was...no surgery. The bad news...no surgery because it will do no good. Since October, he has developed cataracts. The vet said they now believe that instead of (or in addition to) endothelial degeneration of the cornea, which causes the edema of the cornea, he has progressive retinal atrophy. That condition causes poor vision in bad lighting and also can cause recurring and rapidly growing cataracts. </p><p></p><p>But cause is really unimportant. He is not a candidate for cataract removal even if they would not rapidly recur. The vet said that his corneas are in bad shape from the edema and the chances of complications and infections are too great. He said there was simply no way he could ethically perform surgery on Mac. He will, eventually, be totally blind. </p><p></p><p>For now he's blind in the left eye. That's the one he had the ulcer in twice now. The vet thinks this last was not caused by the edema, but that he walked into something or perhaps didn't blink quickly enough or something; that it's an injury as opposed to a bubble from the eye condition. </p><p></p><p>On the up side, he will have some time. It will happen as the cataract gets worse on his good eye. So he has a bit of time to adjust (and so do we). A blind dog will be a challenge I suppose. He's barely middle aged for a Boston - 10 or so. We have many years left with him and will do our best to make them good ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 679760, member: 17309"] Well, this is supposed to be a "fun" furbaby thread...but I have to report that I had sad news today about my little man. Took him to the vet to follow up on the eye ulcer from a week ago Sunday. The good news was...no surgery. The bad news...no surgery because it will do no good. Since October, he has developed cataracts. The vet said they now believe that instead of (or in addition to) endothelial degeneration of the cornea, which causes the edema of the cornea, he has progressive retinal atrophy. That condition causes poor vision in bad lighting and also can cause recurring and rapidly growing cataracts. But cause is really unimportant. He is not a candidate for cataract removal even if they would not rapidly recur. The vet said that his corneas are in bad shape from the edema and the chances of complications and infections are too great. He said there was simply no way he could ethically perform surgery on Mac. He will, eventually, be totally blind. For now he's blind in the left eye. That's the one he had the ulcer in twice now. The vet thinks this last was not caused by the edema, but that he walked into something or perhaps didn't blink quickly enough or something; that it's an injury as opposed to a bubble from the eye condition. On the up side, he will have some time. It will happen as the cataract gets worse on his good eye. So he has a bit of time to adjust (and so do we). A blind dog will be a challenge I suppose. He's barely middle aged for a Boston - 10 or so. We have many years left with him and will do our best to make them good ones. [/QUOTE]
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