Poor Dofu, she's going for surgery tomorrow. The eye specialist says it's glaucoma, and she's totally blind in one eye. Unfortunately, it can develop in less than 24 hours, and it did so, far too quickly. She was so depressed today, so dispirited. Glaucoma causes great discomfort and pain, in dogs, as in humans. It started off as a potential cataract in Christmas, and her usual vet did not detect anything more serious... and recommended that we wait for the practice's specialist vet to return in early Jan. We couldn't wait; the state of Dofu's eye deteriorated unexpectedly quickly. After many phone calls and bounces from one vet practice to another, we located *the* canine eye specialist who could help.
So they will remove her left eye and replace it with a prosthetic one. She's still young, hardly six years' old, but she's a schnauzer and they've got their history of genetic disorders, as do all breeds of dogs.
We'll be picking her up on Sunday. Hope all goes well.
Poor Dofu.
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