We took the kittens in for their shots, all was well, they are thriving... Then went and put them in the truck and brought Cartman in. After initial shock about how his eye looks, we talked about whether or not it hurts, decided to try some drops that ~might~ decrease the pressures in the eye, and discussed a procedure the vet had just read about that involves injecting the eye with some kind of solution that will kill the eye chemically, as an alternative to removal. Would just shrivel it up, she said, and would not be all that expensive... $50 plus anesthesia. Not bad. She's never done it, but would be willing to try it.
We decided that at this point we would try the drops and see if it seemed to do any good at all... since he does get some use out of his 'good' eye still, he's better off with it than without it. But if they get grotesquely huge, or injured or painful, I think it sounds worthwile to try.
She talked about glaucoma being a painful condition and his eyes are certainly enlarged, but they don't seem to be hurting terribly now, he has a content look on his face when he's not all p*ssed off, and he purred in the vets office.
She brought a vet student in to look at it. I always ~love~ to have the animal with the condition they want to show to everyone in the office. ;~\
Anyway... that's the update. Cartman lives.
Well that's hopefull!
Give Cartman a pat for me!
Oh, good! I've been checking in periodically all afternoon hoping for good news, and that doesn't sound too bad at all, really.
It'd be nice if the drops work, though it's going to be *interesting* trying to give them to him. I have a hard enough time giving eye stuff to my puny little kitties. Gonna be, as someone said in the Saddle Club thread, rather like wrestling a running chain saw. Fun.