Sawyer had a great day at the 20th Annual St. Patrick's Day Festival in Emerald Isle. We raised money for the Danes and met lots of new friends and possible adopters! After getting up at 4:00am and driving to EI, we had quite a long day....got home around 7:15pm. Both Sawyer and I were exhausted. He could barely hold his head up and couldn't keep his eyes open. On Sunday we got up at usual and I noticed Sawyer was still holding one of his eyes closed. When he finally let me near, I was able to see blood so what does any mom do, F-R-E-A-K of course. Long story short, I called our trusty vet, Dr. Whit first thing Monday morning and he was able to call and get us in to see Dr. English, the specialist in Cary. Luckily they were able to fit us in on Wednesday. (Very nice place and friendly staff if you ever have to go, Animal Eye Care.)
Turns out Saywer has "cysts in his ciliary body and peripheral retina in both eyes, and mild retinal dysplasia or folds." This explains the squinting on Sunday, the cyst in his left eye was expanding. Unfortunately this means *IF* the cyst continues to expand, it can lead to retinal detachment and loss of vision. I was very concerned but also glad to hear that his other eye is in better shape. Dr. English gave him a 50% chance of losing vision in the left eye and the other eye should be fine. This was better news than I expected but for now we will take it day-by-day and continue monitoring both his eyes for changes.
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