Pet thread?

[HomerMcvie]

Just took my cat, that's been going blind, to the vet. I'd figured it was just cataracts(sp) or something, because she's like 15-16 years old. But, yesterday I noticed that they were turning blood red, so obviously I had to take her in. Well, at first the vet thought it probably was cancer(how's MY luck with animals!), but she found out that she has a heart murmer, which causes blood in the eyes. Cancer's not ruled out, but it looks like it's the murmer causing it. I've got to give her eye drops for a couple weeks, to see if we can clear them up. If we do, then we'll start heart meds for her. That bad news is that often in cats, the murmer causes blood clots to come loose(but oddly, it doesn't happen in dogs). Then, the clots often make their way down to their "saddle"(where the legs meet), and paralyze the cat. She said if that happens, putting them to sleep is the only answer. She said the murmer is a 3, on a scale of 1-6, so hopefully that's a little bit of good news, as far as clots go.

I'm not really a cat person, but she was my Mom's baby....