Blink
It went south so quickly. One day it was a little bit of brackish discharge from my cat's right eye, then two days later it was a scene from a horror show. Less than 48 hours after the vet said I should shop around for a lower surgery fee, the animal ER performed an enucleation — surgical removal of the eye on which an ulcer had erupted. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, my robust, healthy cat had become an invalid. When Abraham’s remaining eye started to turn milky like the right one had, I stopped the steroid drops and called the vet. We switched to antibiotic drops 3 times a day, plus the oral antibiotics left over from the surgery. Three times every day, I searched out his hiding place, lifted him gently, wrapped him in a towel and squirted meds down his throat and into his remaining eye. He whined and cried pitifully. I cried after each episode while placating him with treats. Remarkably, I hardly drank any alcohol during this period. I felt I needed to stay sharp...