bad news

[ratcreature]

I'm just back from the vet and the odd discoloration is either a tumor or an abscess inside Krümel's eye. If it is an abscess there is some chance antibiotics might help, so I got an oral antibiotic to give once a day, and antibiotic eyedrops I need to use five times a day, and also an oral painkiller, because apparently this kind of thing is painful for him too. I need to go in again Monday for another check in their regular hours, though I ought to come in tomorrow during their emergency hours again should his condition worsen. Despite giving me antibiotics, the vet seemed to think it quite likely that they'll have to remove Krümel's left eye. :(

Of course I hope for a best case scenario, i.e. that the antibiotics simply work, but barring that I hope it's at least really confined to his eye. I mean, he can still have a long and happy life with one eye, after all, and he's in good health otherwise, only a year old (his first birthday was December 2nd), so he has good chances with the operation risks and recovery and such. It still sucks so much. :(

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[flykat.livejournal.com]

eee inside de eye *shudder*
i hope it is just minor
i wish your rattie well

[ratcreature]

Me too, but I suspect it is more likely that it must be operated. I mean, regular abscesses usually need to be drained and cleaned before the antibiotics do much, so I'm not that optimistic that it will heal with just meds, even if it isn't a tumor. But yeah, this kind of thing inside an eye is my major squick right there. I mean I have eye issues anyway (because of me, not my pets).

My only consolation right now is that he still acts fairly normal, eating and coming outsideto play and destroy my furniture, so he can't feel too bad, even though the vet said that he's likely in pain from that thing inside his eye. Though I hope if he was, that the painkiller dose helped him with that.