Well...I have OK news, bad news, and possibly devastating news.
OK news is that it's likely just a virus that's really hanging on, and I have a new ointment to try and some antibiotics.
Bad news is that this visit alone took all the money I got for the sale of that bike. Instantly.
Possibly devastating news is...that Halvah has some other issues not relating to just this eye problem. She has the beginning of cataracts, AND because of other symptoms (the fact that she's had frequent colds and eye viruses over the years, that she's always thirsty, and the cataracts), the vet thinks she may be diabetic.
I would have had them do a blood test, but even with lots of people helping, we couldn't do it while she was conscious. So she has a hugh shaved patch on her neck and nothing to show for it. I can't even imagine doing insulin even if I could afford that, mentally and financially speaking.
We're going to do a urine sample test, I guess, and take it from there. In a lot of ways I wonder if I should bother. Maybe I'd rather not know. But if she does have diabetes...it'll get worse as she gets older. On the other hand, maybe this is a coincidence, and I'd rather know for sure. But I can't afford this.
I'm supposed to go in to work at noon, but I'm going to wait until I quit bawling. I know, I know...they're *just* cats, but...