My Poor Fur Baby
I am so sad and cannot stop crying. When I woke up this morning, my cat (Opal, my avatar) walked over to me as I was sitting on the bed, putting my slippers on. She then walked over to the wall as if she saw something and banged her nose into the wall. She then turned slightly left and walked into the wall again and then she turned slightly left and walked into the wall a 3rd time. At this point I picked her up (which she did not meow as she always does) and I noticed her eyes were dialated. My husband and I took her to emergency vet care and the doctor said she has detached retinas. It can be caused by high blood pressure, kidney failure or thyroid problems. She is going to run a series of tests and also see the Ophthalomologist. We won't have any news until this afternoon. She will never have her sight again which is hard to deal with because I know how scared she must be. The other side is, if the cause of this is so severe, she may have to be put down. The doctor did not say this, but I know this could be the case. I'm also dealing with some guilt...if I had only taken her to the vet more often maybe this could have been prevented. I am sharing this with you because all of my friends and most of my family don't really care for cats and won't understand the pain I am feeling. Below is a recent picture of her sleeping in my sewing room chair while I was sewing. Thank you for letting me share this with you. I will update this thread later today when I hear from the vet.