Seeing is not always believing

Timeline: So I have a thing for eyes- and not only mens hah! So it seems everytime we have a pet come in with an intense eye problem ( like this guy to the right- look and the " eye " on the right) it seems the awesome surgery always is scheduled for a day i am not there. Today we had a 7 week old kitten come in with a similar problem with the eye sticking out and now black with decay after rupturing. The Dr. chose to hold of the Sx ( surgery) until Tuesday! Of course this would happen to me. Now am I scheduled to work this day? Why, yes, yes I am- but with my luck they will probably get it done during my lunch hour. Pray to the awesome DVM eye Gods that I will get to see this enucleation.

Discussion: a standard enucleation, in which the eye is removed and the eyelids permanently sutured closed. The animal does not miss this eye psychologically, unlike the owner. This surgery can be performed by general practitioner veterinarians, and does not usually require a veterinary ophthalmologist to perform the surgery. However, there is a second method to remove the eye, which is more cosmetic, called Enucleation and Placement of an Orbital Prosthesis This surgery is performed by a veterinary ophthalmologist. The eye is removed, but just before the lids are permanently sutured closed, a sterile prosthetic ball is placed in the eye socket, and then the lids are sutured closed. This hidden ball (orbital prosthesis) prevents the lid skin from sinking down into the eye socket (which would be the case with a standard enucleation), and makes the pet look like the eye is simply closed.

Future:

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/27/272214/261-dogs-confiscated-polk-rescue-organization/c_1/

A Rescue was recently charged with 261 counts of animal cruelty!
The states really need to set more restrictions on who can become animal rescues and have frequent check ups like all other businesses- this is a sad case and should not be happening!