unclestu
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Post by unclestu on Feb 15, 2012 11:11:50 GMT -5
Well it has been about a week since Simone our little Pug who went blind has seen the ophthalmologist. Rather than spending $350.00 to perform a test that would only conclude that her blindness was un treatable we chose to try giving her steroids for a week to see if that brings back her vision. If it doesn't then there is no hope for recovery. It is funny how wishful thinking causes you to see what you want to see. Simone has been making great progress in getting around the house and yard. Every day she does more on her own and with each new accomplishment we proclaim that her medicine is working and she can see. However when I put her eye drops in her eye she does not flinch and when I shine a light into her eye her pupil does not dilate. It is so ironic that I am seeing things in her that don't exist and she can't see things that do exist. Or can she? They say dogs are very adaptable to their situation. Perhaps she is now seeing her way around by means that we don't associate with sight. In any respect she is happy and that is all that matters Stu
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Feb 15, 2012 11:59:47 GMT -5
Anyway, be sure she can see your big, caring heart.
Adrian
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Post by drocknut on Feb 15, 2012 12:45:46 GMT -5
Hope the steroids work but if they don't it sounds like she is learning to adapt to being blind. As long as she is happy that's what counts. She is a lucky dog to have such a caring and loving owner.
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Feb 15, 2012 13:22:05 GMT -5
I hope they work too. Me, I'm going blind also, for an unknown reason. The doctors are planning a surgery for me soon, but for now I'm seeing double-vision some times, then tunnel vision, etc. If the cop at the DMV giving the driver's test hadn't been a friend of mine I'd have failed the eye test last November. I had to renew my license and couldn't read a thing so he said, "just read me some numbers" and then, "you passed"....lmao...
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TByrd
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Post by TByrd on Feb 15, 2012 18:19:37 GMT -5
I had a family pet that went blind and he functioned ok. One day I really learned how bad his blindness was, I rearranged the living room. When he came in, he went to jump up on the couch and fell to the ground. It was so sad. I sat on the couch with him right beside me. After that if I moved anything, I had to take him around so he would know where everything was.
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Post by helens on Feb 15, 2012 22:38:38 GMT -5
Poor Simone, that has to suck. Dogs have phenomenal sense of smell and hearing tho, so going blind should not be as hard as it would be for humans.
They actually have up to 5x the olafactory sensors humans do (which is why they are used for tracking and drug detection), and their sense of smell is as strong as a human's sense of vision... which dog vision does not come close to. And of course, their hearing is both super and subsonic in ranges we can't even hear.
So long as you aren't spraying air freshener and tons of chemical cleaners around your house constantly, she should get around fine, and could probably even still chase cats and whatever she wants. Her other senses should get even stronger if her brain doesn't have to process vision also. The biggest worry would be her falling into a hole, or off the edge of things, or running into walls and fences. But otherwise, you may never even notice she can't see.
She's lucky she has you to care so much for her:).
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