Sad news for Ruby - she's now blind

[PennyB]

Ruby's eye hasn't been doing all that well - she had a 'spike' (glaucoma - so raised pressure and cloudy eye plus lots of pain) in March then another 2 weeks ago - both times I consulted with the vets at the eye hospital in Leominster and both times it recovered after a few hours. She didn't seem to recover fully from the one 2 weeks ago and while it didn't appear to be anything you could see or put your finger on I just felt something wasn't quite right and this past week she's been behaving oddly (not as confident as she usually is).

Yesterday she had another 'spike' which despite using the treatment didn't go down - last night I phoned the on-call eye vet who I've seen before and is lovely. John said that realistically there was no more treatment we could consider and I now had to weigh things up - initially I said I'd at least get more pain relief from my vet in the morning.

When I saw Steve we discussed the options and I then decided that enough was enough as she was in so much pain that he should remove her eye there and then rather than faffing around waiting to see if the treatment woudl take effect. On balance her quality of life then wasn't good and may not be while she had her eye in this state.

So Ruby is now blind.

I now also appear to have my own animal hospital (my cat Ed had an op to remove more fibrosarcoma tumour from his neck area on Tuesday in Dursley, Gloucs so after I'd left Roobs in the care of my own vet I had to hop on a train from Cardiff central to go over and pick Ed up from the referral vets and bring him home) - Ed is very happy at being back even if he now looks like ET. Roobs looks awful and is staggering around. I requested a bucket and thank goodness I did as she was trying to wipe her poorly eye on the carpet - its now filling up with blood. I have also been given a bandage and dressing just in case it bleeds tonight  - I do have my own vet nurses on speed dial though which helps 

[JennyBee]

So sorry to hear poor Ruby is now completely blind . At least she'll be out of pain now - I hope she recovers well and adjusts quickly to life with no sight
Hugs to Ed too

[caro]

Oh golly Penny I am so sorry to hear that - it must be quite heart wrenching to see her trying to wipe her eye like that.  I hope your night is calm and that she recovers quickly - and Ed the cat.  I know they are in safe hands though - love to you all

[LinzB]

Aw, poor Ruby.   My OH's last cocker went blind, and coped ok once she'd established where everything was! At least Ruby won't be in any more pain. Hope she recovers quickly and gets her bearings.    
Hope Ed starts to feel better soon too!!

[Joules]

So sorry to hear about Ruby Penny  

I hope she will adapt well and continue to enjoy life  

Hope Ed will make a full recovery too 

[GinnyB]

Oh Penny, I'm so very sad to read this. I hope Ruby adjusts quickly and things settle down soon.

What a heartbreaking few days it's been on COL recently  

[Nicola]

Oh Penny I'm really sorry to hear that   I'm sure Ruby will adjust quickly though, they are so resilient and once she gets her bearings I'm sure she'll cope really well   I hope Ed makes a good recovery too  

[Heatherb88uk]

Sending healing vibes to both Ruby and Ed, sorry to read about Ruby's eye and hopefully she will recover soon and start the process of adjusting. Also give yourself some time to accept all you've been through this week as it must have been very traumatic for you, mega hugs and cuddles to you all, love Heather xxx

[starboy]

Poor Ruby, as already said at least she won't be in pain with her eye any more.
I hope she soon adjusts. Bless her.
Hope that the cat is OK.  

[Harveypops]

More bad news on COL.

Sorry to hear about this. I thought her eye was doing better.  At least she won't be in pain anymore and she has the best owner to help her with the adjustment 

Poor Ed! 

[Philtrum]

so sorry to hear about Ruby, I hope that both of you adjust quickly and she heals quickly, with or without sight im sure she will still find its way onto your lap and fall asleep

hugs for both of you

Phil

[Helen]

I'm so sorry Penny, that's rotten news for you and Ruby  

I'm sure Miss Independence will adjust though  

Everything crossed that the Pennyb Animal Hospital's patients heal very quickly  

[bajoleth]

Oh bless her, your heart just goes out to them doesn't it, my cavie was almost totally blind but she seemed to manage pretty much okay, she did used to try and go through the wrong patio door sometimes and ended up just bumping herself on the glass and we noticed that if we moved furniture or had new items she would get confused but she would adapt quickly enough, I am sure that Ruby will manage admirably with you there to support her, take care and big hugs for Ruby
 Its def turning out to be a bad week for COLers

[joanne_v]

Poor wee Ruby, hopefully she can soon adjust and get on with being a merry cocker.

[SkyeSue]

So sorry to read this Penny and hope Ruby adapts quickly. Good luck with your patients