Redeye

[NYC refugee]

Originally Posted by Dwatted Wabbit

He's the only Dr. Pol I know. In fact, he's the only Pol I've ever heard of.

Good idea. We have a Thursday appointment at a vet the shelter recommended. We'll see how it goes. But with the miles Dr. Pol has under his belt, this won't be the first he's seen of this. Surely.

I'll see if I can figure out how to post a pic here. That's a skill I've allowed to rust away. Must be directions somewhere.

Don't quick reply, go advanced and click the paper clip. Have the pic on your computer and select it. More or less.


Good luck tomorrow and let us know what you hear.

[M3 Mitch]

Originally Posted by Dwatted Wabbit

Over the course of several months Molly, one of our 19-year-old adoptees (adopted in 2015) has developed more redness in her left eye. It appears the third eyelid is inflamed. Three different vets have seen her, my primary gave us some eyedrops, Gentamicin and then Ofloxacin. Getting drops in Molly is a bit of a struggle, and so far no relief is obvious.

The second opinion at a different vet office suggested I pick up some GenTeal Tears, which is a liquid lubricant. I haven't gotten enough of those into Molly to see if they're effective. Second opinion also suggested she biopsy the stuff.

Molly's eyelid started moving north, covering more of her eye, as time has progressed over the months. And the eyelid got red, looked like a horror movie thing. Now it covers her eye, sometimes it's red sometimes it's white with a sort of lumpy surface like ice cream or cottage cheese (without the curds).

I got a third appointment but that office turned out to be Chaos Inc. and though they asked if I could get Molly back in 30 minutes, and it's 150 up front for emergency services, and I said give me 40 and we achieved that, it was wait some more for another 2 1/2 hours with nobody even telling me where, if anywhere, we were on the wait list. I asked at the counter, nobody knew anything. That seems to be the norm these days. Plenty of time to chat amongst themselves though.
So we left.

Today at the vet, not our regular vet but a sub, it dawned on me TURMERIC! It's a great anti-inflammatory, so I'm going to search for kitty turmeric. This vet also checked Molly for glaucoma, no, pressure is normal she said. Other than proposing removing both eyes, she said you could check at Michigan State U critter opthalmology, which is close to two hours drive.

I've never seen this in a cat before. Any ideas or similar experiences are much appreciated.

Wow. What a quack. Get away from this hack, you are better off with home remedies. Good grief.

[jbgusa]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

Wow. What a quack. Get away from this hack, you are better off with home remedies. Good grief.

Was that vet a duck?