Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Luna’s Close Up (Part 2)
As you may of read in the previous post, we are recapping some of Luna’s eye issues. She just received a favorable report from the ophthalmologist but when we asked the vet for some of the pictures that they took of Luna’s eyes, it stirred up a lot of history. We talked about her “good eye” in the last post.
Well, here we have Luna’s left eye. Her “bad eye.” This eye has other issues, including the chronic dry eye syndrome. This eye has developed water under the cornea. (I don’t know if they ever told us the name of the condition. If so, I have long since forgotten it.) But basically, the condition stems from trying to fight off scar tissue from the chronic dry eye condition. As you can see in the “close up” that there is the blue discoloration under the surface of the eyeball. That is the water that has accumulated under there. It is hard to see in regular lighting, which is why I hadn’t noticed until a walk one day in the afternoon when the sun had hit her eye in just the right light. Then, paranoid, I would shine a flashlight in her eye every hour until I got an appointment to take her to the vet. The vet confirmed my suspicions that something wasn’t right.
This new malady would be another chronic issue for the baby girl. This issue needed to be tended to not by eye drops but by ointment applied to her upper or lower lid twice a day. The catch with this medicine was that it couldn’t be applied within an hour of any of her other 4 medications. That is pretty tricky. The other catch is that for best application, it takes the two of us to get the right dosage in that little wiggle worm!
Both of her eyes have limited vision. The vet says she can see light & shapes but barely any detail. We have noticed that her hearing is getting more & more keen in order to make up for what she is missing in sight. I guess that is why she thinks she is just gorgeous! She can’t really see herself in the mirror! She doesn’t know that she’s missing fur, going a gray mustache and beard and has a scraggly smile! She just knows that she is a little girl that is made of sugar & spice & everything nice.
Judi
07/25/2007
Our Charlie (adopted from Pekingese & Others Rescue in Orlando… many thanks to rescue mom, Jaira Baco)has been diagnosed with Pigmentary Kerititis in both eyes. His right eye is more affected than his left eye. He is treated by Dr. E. Dan Wolf, with tacrolimus (2x a day), Systane lubricating drops (2-3x a day)and Puralube Ophth. Ointment at bedtime. His “night vision” is significantly impaired, however, his tear production has increased dramatically with this treatment. He does not let his impaired vision get in the way of satisfying his appetite, playing with his 2 “brothers” or locating a vacant lap!
Charlie (and his brothers…Toby & Grady… all rescues)wish Miss Luna the best, and agree that she is indeed gorgeous!