Hi all! I havent been here in a long time. I should check back more often. Looks like a different set up too. Course i prolly just forgot what it looked like. So anyways,my dear bunny Rascal (my girl) seems to have developed E. Cuniculi of the eye. I saw a spot on her eye one day,and thought hmm what in the world is that. I waited a bit,and it got worse. Developed into a full cataract. In that time i got her to her vet. She wasnt sure what it was,as she doesnt deal with eye problems much. So she referred us to an eye doc at a specialist place. I researched him,he seems to be the best perhaps in the country. Sounds good to me. Well she went there, i guess it was end of january now. He took a look and told me bout the E.C. of the eye. I was told to take her back to my reg vet and get blood work done. He also gave me two different ointments to put on her eye. Her titers from the blood test were high,so they ordered Panacur for her to take. She just got done her 6 weeks of it the other day.
I took her back to the eye doc last night,as her eye has gotten worse not better over time. He gave me two options for it. Option A- do nothing,watch,observe,if she appears in pain,or eye gets alot worse,have her eye removed. Option B- cataract surgery to remove the cataract (obviously lol) and the abcess that grew in there now. With 50/50 chance of regaining vision. I didnt like Option A too much,as i didnt wanna till she was in pain,that didnt seem right. So i opted for Option B. I know theres a risk either way,but i figured that was the best option at this time.
The regular vet called this morning,as he faxed over his findings. She just asked how she is doing and what not. She was feeling a bit off from the antibiotics for awhile there. But recently she has gotten back to herself. Eating just fine,still loving hay,pellets etc. Runs,binkies,then chills out. All normal for her. They actually seemed shocked when they called several times during the 6 weeks that she was doing good. My friend told me alot times buns die from it,so maybe thats why they were shocked. I think it helps she has a bunny bf living next to her ,to keep her spirits up. Binky has been the ever loyal bf hehe. Staying by her side through it all. So im not sure if they want me to run her back up there or not for more blood work,they didnt say, didnt ask.
So what do you guys think? Did i choose right? It is gonna cost he said between 800-1000 bucks for the surgery. I got approved for care credit up to 500 bucks. My friend said call and maybe they can up it for me. Worth a shot. Every lil bit helps,ya know? Well thats my update on my girl and boy. Binks is healthy and fine,no problems. Thanks everyone! Now i will go read some posts,been way too long now. Catch ya laters.
