Story of the eye

Please note that you may find some of these photos of Mylo's eye upsetting!

In the space of 10 days...........

28Dec2006 Mylo was brought home aged 13 weeks. He was settled into his own room complete

  with cat scratching tree, cat bed, litter tray and lots of kitten toys!

03Jan2007 One week later in the evening he suddenly showed symptoms of illness, refusing to

  walk, eat or drink & his nictitating membranes were partially closed over both eyes. He

  had been asleep in his basket for an unusually long time and it was only on waking him

  that I realised he had become poorly. A vet appointment was booked asap for the very

  next day.

04Jan2007 The next morning his left eye had become stuck together. The vet unsure of cause -

  prescribed eye drops for infection and booked him a check up for the next day.

05Jan2007 His left eye had swollen up. The vet couldn't open his eye as it was so swollen so

  he applied local anaesthetic and a pupil dilator so he could get a proper look. Uveitis

  was observed behind the eye and injections were administered for pain relief and

  antibiotics, despite the risks of giving pain relief to such a small kitten. Eye drop

  treatment was changed to solely lubricating. Next available appointment booked for

  monday. Over the weekend Mylo's swelling had decreased but his eyeball and pupil

  became enlarged. With hindsight I wished we had forced the vets to book us another

  appointment for saturday, but we thought his reaction was normal for medication given

  to him and the vet was so particular he didnt need to be seen till Monday.

08Jan2007 Monday morning the vet took one look at Mylo and immediately called for an emergency

  referral to a veterinary ophthalmologist, which was very scary. We were asked to rush

  him in before the surgery opened the next morning at 8.30am.

09Jan2007 Drove like a mad woman possessed with Mylo before work to the opthalmologists. The

  ophthalmologist diagnosed a corneal ulcer, glaucoma and slight intraocular pressure

  in left eye. A flec was also observed in his good right eye. On the ophthalmologist's

  recommendation aggressive treatment ensued in an attempt to save the eye. This

  involved 3 sets of eye drops; two sets 6 times a day and another set twice a day.

12Jan2007 As you can see from the bottom left hand photo the treatment unfortunately

  failed. His intraocular eye pressure was 10x higher than normal & poor

  Mylo was in extreme pain.

  An emergency operation was booked to remove his

  eye the following morning.

  An operation of this type is called enucleation.

For Mylo's eye treatment and costs click here.