The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Hill and water under sky

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[2Jedismom]

Sheesh, I have no idea...I just give folks their drops when they're my patient and have glaucoma!

I find it amazing that it is now responding to light!

I don't know if it'd burst, but it looks like it might!

[HairOfTheDog]

That would be hideous, wouldn't it?

[HairOfTheDog]

I hope you all won't mind the abuse of my animal ping lists, but I have an animal or medical question that isn't about a horse or a dog, but that someone might have the answer to.

Anyone know anything about Glaucoma?

My cat has Glaucoma in one eye. That part isn't new, here's an old picture of what his eye has looked like for the past few years. The lens all grey like that, Iris wide open and fairly unresponsive to light. I don't think he sees anything out of it.

His right , your left, the eye.... it is just flash glare in his other eye, it's fine.

Here's how it looks today, and the change is recent. The lens looks like it has rotated around, and some black is now visible in the eye. It also now responds to light, ie, the iris closes in bright light.

It is just bulging compared to the other one... but not painful, and not irritated looking or watery... He likes me to rub his face, and rub over his eyes.

I have an appointment to take Gidget in tomorrow because she is limping ~again~. I am going to take him too. The last time this was looked at, I was warned that he could get Glaucoma in the other eye, but he hasn't, and I was warned that he might injure the bad eye on sharp objects because he has no blink reflex. If that happened, they would just remove it without a lot of expense. I could have had it treated but elected ~not~ to go to the $$$cat optometrist$$$.

Question is, as the pressure builds in his eye, and it bulges like that, will it ever just burst? What's up with the rotation of the lens?

I hope you all won't mind the abuse of my animal ping lists, but I have an animal or medical question that isn't about a horse or a dog, but that someone might have the answer to.

Anyone know anything about Glaucoma?

My cat has Glaucoma in one eye. That part isn't new, here's an old picture of what his eye has looked like for the past few years. The lens all grey like that, Iris wide open and fairly unresponsive to light. I don't think he sees anything out of it.

His right , your left, the eye.... it is just flash glare in his other eye, it's fine.

Here's how it looks today, and the change is recent. The lens looks like it has rotated around, and some black is now visible in the eye. It also now responds to light, ie, the iris closes in bright light.

It is just bulging compared to the other one... but not painful, and not irritated looking or watery... He likes me to rub his face, and rub over his eyes.

I have an appointment to take Gidget in tomorrow because she is limping ~again~. I am going to take him too. The last time this was looked at, I was warned that he could get Glaucoma in the other eye, but he hasn't, and I was warned that he might injure the bad eye on sharp objects because he has no blink reflex. If that happened, they would just remove it without a lot of expense. I could have had it treated but elected ~not~ to go to the $$$cat optometrist$$$.

Question is, as the pressure builds in his eye, and it bulges like that, will it ever just burst? What's up with the rotation of the lens?

[HairOfTheDog]

Ooops.... I was actually going to post this over on the horse thread.... sorry for the repeat here all. ;~D

[2Jedismom]

Gosh, I think so!

It looks awful. I don't recall it looking awful...just different. I'm glad you're taking the kitty in! I wouldn't be surprised if they remove it.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah - they might take it out.... Think I should pass on a prosthetic or would the empty socket look even more hideous? He's an old cat, and has no modeling career as it is.

[codyjacksmom]

I had a Cocker Spaniel with Glaucoma. His eye swelled up like that and the vet put him on drops. That caused the eye to shrink up and that looked just as bad, if not worse. It looked like it was gonna shrivel to the size of a raisin. I would just have it removed.

[2Jedismom]

I don't think you'll need an prosthetic...the socket won't show, I bet. Fur and skin will droop down, I imagine.

What do you think, Ruthy? What's your experience?

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks for that advice! I don't think I would want the eye to look dead, I'd rather have it gone than that.

[codyjacksmom]

Sure. If your baby is already blind, he won't miss it at all. I've also been told it is actually safer because he won't run into anything that may puncture the actual eyeball. All in all...it really is pretty gross.

P.S. He will still be gorgeous with only one eye....

[2Jedismom]

Get him a patch!

Argh!

;-)

[HairOfTheDog]

I appreciate your experience. I do fear him poking it now, because it's always bulging wide open, and he can't see at all. I knew if I pinged folks, I'd talk to some FReeper who'd been through this with a pet!

[Overtaxed]

[2Jedismom]

Heh!! Exactly! Pirate Kitty!!

[g'nad]

Stinky Dwarf, pick up the white courtesy phone.

hey fugly dwarf... whatchuh want?...

[g'nad]

mmmmmmmm.... habanero...

looks like a good harvest ma'am...

[HairOfTheDog]

(Think Steve's a bit tickled?)

I think you oughta buy him a bigger wagon.

[JenB]

The HH is a cult, definitely. We've even got ceremonial weapons, after all.

Ugh, what a day! I ended up dropping one class and taking another, so I sat through three lectures today. I am tired!

[g'nad]

as the pressure builds in his eye, and it bulges like that, will it ever just burst?

one can only hope... get it on video please...

[g'nad]

mine?...