I wrote this to my fur baby regarding her eye surgery on August 9th, 2023…
My dear Sasha, you do know I love you with all my heart, however, after much thought and many sleepless nights since April of this year (when Dr Collins at the Animal Eye Specialty Clinic told me he recommended removal of your diseased eyes), I finally decided to go ahead with your surgery. Since you are 100% blind (tests done by more than one veterinarian shows) and your eyes themselves are atrophying in their sockets; medications won’t help after a while.
Your follow-up appointment with your Eye Specialist is July 27th, 2023 at 1:40 PM:
I will discuss the surgery, they will take your blood to make sure everything is A-okay, and then I will schedule an appointment for the surgery to be done…
On July 27th, veterinary eye specialist, Dr. Keith Collins, scheduled your eye surgery for Wednesday, August 9th, 2023.
Before then you had an appointment with our primary veterinarian, Dr. Maria Yanguas, to have CBC (complete blood count) workup plus a Chemistry Profile taken to see if you could withstand Anesthesia. All tests turned out good.
August 9, 2023:
I was crying in the car silently because I didn’t want to make you nervous, so I continued on and dropped you off at the Animal Eye Specialty Clinic at the scheduled time of 8:00 AM.
Now, at 11:31 AM, I sit here at home and wait for your surgeon to call so that I can pick you up on this day (Eye Specialty Clinic considers this an Outpatient Procedure. They told me that’s because it’s better for you to be at home with me than stay overnight with strangers, and I agree) …
Said my prayers for you last night so I have faith He is guiding your surgeon’s hands and the Anesthesiologists’ knowledge.
[Googled Sasha’s Surgery Term: Enucleation Both Eyes”, and the above screenshot is only one page of info that was on Google’s search engine about my fur baby’s surgery]
My fur baby after Enucleation (both eyes) Surgery [Photo by Author].
UPDATED PHOTO & NEWS: my Sasha is healing nicely, and is no longer in any pain. Although she is feeling frustrated with that damn cone; for which I don’t blame her.
Only 7 more days and that Elizabethan Collar (cone) will come off, and my fur baby will be a happy camper once again. Forgot to mention that I had no idea what Enucleation Eye Surgery in dogs and cats entailed at first. Even the veterinary eye specialist didn’t fully explain it to my liking. So I Googled info on it (which is the only resource I can add here since the eye specialist only verbally told me). Google reassured me about the necessity of my baby’s Enucleation Surgery. So I know I did the right thing by my Sasha.
I have this screensaver photo that f her to remember her once-beautiful eyes…
[My Sasha at 5 years old. She was blind in this picture (had gone blind after cataracts formed in her eyes) but her eyes had not yet begun to atrophy]. I learned something new in this whole process — all about Enucleation Surgery in dogs and why the animal eye specialist recommended this particular surgery for my fur baby.
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