Thread: Bruce's not such a happy 9th birthday....

Can not sing Happy Birthday" to my boy,to begin with I thought him being still "off" was due to him being a wuss after having an anaesthetic Monday but has now taken on a slightly worse turn,I noticed the third eyelid was well over his right eye & the pupil was not reacting,he spent a lot of time crying especially if you were not with him & couldn't get him kicked started with feeding,even had to syringe fluids for a couple of days so yesterday back to work he went again & he has been diagnosed as having Horners Syndrome,now the chicken & the egg situation comes into play,was that what was bothering him in the first place as it was brewing & the anaesthetic brought it out or was it the stress of the anaesthetic which has caused it,poor boy is now on ab's & steroids,outlook is a bit iffy at the moment,in dogs there is a good recovery success rate in cats slightly different as the chances are it oculd be something a bit more sinister but at the moment thinking positive,have attatched two photos,one is of him Sunday before his 1st trip to the vets where he is trying to look good for the camera & the 2nd is of him today where after a good old shot of steroid yesterday the right eye has already shown improvement but he still is frightened when you leave him,I now know that the picture I took of him just after he came home on Monday & his right eye looks terrible was actualy all due to this & not after effects,bless him,my wonderful little man could have to fight a bit & that is something alien to Bruce.