Several years ago Dita's eye started turning a bit red. We took her to the vet, tried some meds but the eye continued to change color. The vet told us it was okay and there wasn't much we could do about it at that point. So for years she has had a red eye. This summer we noticed that Perdita's red eye had started turning black and goopy. It got bad enough that we took her to the vet again. Greg and I talked before hand. We put a price limit- less than $700 and I'd just say do it, less than $1000 and we would talk, over that and we would have to say good night to Perdita. The Vet said she was totally blind in that eye and it needed to come out or put her to sleep - his price was $800. Greg called around and no other vet even came close. We figured Emily couldn't get through Middle School without Perdita so we had her eye taken out.
She was a bit lazy for a few days and had us worried because she wouldn't eat. We made a late night run to Ridley's and got some soft cat food and that did it; she started eating again. After that everyone monitored her eating and pooping habits, gave her extra love and showed her to all the neighbors. There have been lots of jokes about getting her an eye patch and calling her a pirate.
It was actually pretty cool to watch the wound heal. It looked pretty awful at first but as the stitches came out and the hair grew back in it began to look pretty normal. Now we hardly notice at all. She surprised us with a mouse the other day; even one eyed she is taking care of things. That cat has been around a long time - at least 11 years. She has been an amazing cat, hunter of mice and snakes, and best friend to Emily. Glad she is still with us.
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