Back in early April, I noticed that Ponyboy had an odd little bulge in the corner of his right eye. (Ponyboy has always had eye problems.) I took him to the vet, who thought it might be a reaction to some kind of irritation and gave me some steroidal eyedrops to try. When the bulge continued to grow, I took him back to the vet, who did a needle aspiration that didn't really reveal much of anything. But the bulge kept growing bigger, until within the span of a couple of weeks, it was covering about half of his eye.
The vet suggested surgical removal of the mass and biopsy. Diagnosis: Squamous cell carcinoma, a locally aggressive cancer of the third eyelid that can usually be completely cured if removed promptly.
Yesterday, Pony and I traveled to the Cornell Companion Animal Hospital (a place we are familiar with, haha) for a consultation. And all I can say is, how lucky is it that we are within an hour's drive of animal ophthalmologists?
Suggestion? Remove the eye as soon as possible.
This morning, I took Ponyboy back to Cornell. First up: Radiology, which confirmed the cancer had not yet spread. (I will admit to crying when I got THAT good news.) Next up: Surgery, which was done early this afternoon. Ponyboy is now Ponyboy the Pirate Cat, as he is one-eyed, and he will remain at Cornell tonight and come back home tomorrow.
Good lord, I do love this sweet cat.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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Saturday, May 05, 2018
Today's walk
Spring flowers are all over the woods this time of year.
According to James Fitter, this is a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak:
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