Marcie is a generally healthy cat except for the occasional worm issue. She is an incredibly spoiled indoor cat with a healthy diet. There is one issue though. Ever since we got her (almost a year ago) her left eye has watered...almost like mine do with allergies. Her initial vet (I have found a waaaay better vet) treated her for conjuctivitis. The redness in her eye went away but it continued to water. The vet didn't think that it was a big deal, so I just let it go, occasionally dabbing her with a tissue (like a mom and a child...awww
) until last week I dabbed and skin and hair came with the wetness. Oops...time for a vet visit to the new vet...we can't be having open sores...The new vet (whom I think is pretty darn good) did all sorts of tests on her, checking for herpes, fungus, etc... She also put dye in Marcie's eye to see if Marcie's tear duct was functiong right...it wasn't. Marcie was prescribed some antibiotic drops for her eye and the sore under her eye. The vet said to call if it didn't clear up in a week. Well, after a week, the sore was better, but Marcie's eye still leaks...no it wasn't the drops...eight hours after putting a drop in, her eye would still be wet. I called the vet and Marcie goes in tonight to get her tear duct flushed out. Now if the duct is just clogged, this procedure should work, if the duct isn't fully formed, then the procedure will have no effect. The vet said that if this procedure doesn't work, then the next step would be to go to a specialist. That is the heart of the problem though....With a specialist, the prices skyrocket...hubby and I are not up for that sort of expense when we don't believe that this is really *that* major of a problem...we are hoping that if the procedure doesn't work, that we can *manage* this problem without causing Marcie harm and without going to a specialist who will promptly drain our savings....What would you do?
PS....sorry for such a long post
PS....sorry for such a long post
