Sometimes the sight comes back. We had a non-FeLV cat at the shelter that went
bling after surgery & she slowly regained her sight after a couple weeks.
Beth
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From: Anne Myles <anne.my...@uni.edu>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:32 AM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Dublin woke up from surgery blind
I am devastated -- my FeLV boy Dublin had major dental surgery yesterday to
remove the rest of his teeth due to severe stomatitis and feline resorptive
lesions (his third dental surgery in six months). He came through OK it
seemed, and his bloodwork turned out to be very promising (his mild anemia
around December had reversed with his hematocrit in the middle of the normal
range). But something seemed off with agitation and his eyes and the vet
realized that Dublin seems to be blind. He did all the ocular tests they do
and nothing physiologically can be found wrong -- no detached retina, no bleed,
no evidence of hypoxia, etc. But only his left eye is even minimally reactive
to light. The vet believes the blindness to be related to the FeLV, although
I'm still totally confused about the suddenness of this all.
Dublin has always had something weird about his eyes -- the pupils stay mostly
dilated and while they constrict a little it's definitely not like a normal
cat. I wondered if he had an eye problem and could see well even before I
adopted him and learned he was FeLV+. But he seemed to see fine.
While Dublin is physically stable he is apparently extremely agitated and the
vet wants to keep him at the hospital until he settles down and begins to
adapt. He was with him until 10:30 last night and says that Dubbie has
scarcely been out of a tech's arms since. (He is the most loving,
people-oriented cat, and is not stressed just from being at the vet -- it's
almost a joke how much he likes it there.) I am crazy with distress and also
with anxiety about bringing him home (have another cat, pretty rowdy, and a
dog), though everyone says blind cats can do well.
I'd appreciate any encouragement -- or in particular any insight into a
FeLV-blindness link.
Anne
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