Toby's Troubles

About 4pm, Amy rang daddy to say she was done and they could come and pick me up.

When they got here, Amy told them the tests she had done so far hadn?t shown anything and the ultrasound showed there were no lumps or bumps in my tummy. She was still waiting for a few more test results and mummy was to ring back tomorrow to get them. She also said she had taken a few extra blood samples in case the test results required any further investigating. She also said I still had high blood pressure but it may end up being one of those things with no underlying cause.

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Mummy and daddy then saw the eye doctor Mike and he confirmed that I had lost total vision in my right eye but didn?t think it was down to high blood pressure but a genetic disease called Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment which occurs from a tear in the retina that allows fluid to get behind it and forces it away from the eye wall (simply put but more technical than that probably). There is surgery available to repair it but the success rate is not well known, takes about 6 hours under anaesthetic and may not guarantee I will get my vision back. So, we are not going down this route.

My other eye is also showing early signs of the same disease and may eventually detach. Again, there is laser surgery which can be done to ?weld? the retina to the eye so it won?t detach in future but again, success rates are not really known and there are no guarantees it will work and could make it worse so this is something to think about for the future.

He has given M & D eye drops to give me for the rest of my life as I have slight inflammation and they will help to prevent glaucoma which I could get in which case my eye would have to be removed.

So, all in all, not a very good day and I ended up with a shaved tummy after all.

We all then went back home and picked Lucy up on the way from G & G's.

As a special treat for being such a good boy, mummy gave me half a yummy jumbone !