..calling all "friends of Fluff"

[Fluff in all her glory this past June...]

at first glance...



it may just appear that Herself [the Fluff...]
is merely annoyed that I disrupted her nap...
even to take pictures of her magnificence...



however, if you look more closely at her left eye...



the horribly wrong look of her eye becomes more apparent...



though it could be mistaken for glare...



until you get closer...



and finally, in macro mode, you can see the opaqueness...
the lesion is a yellow spot, below and to the left...
you can't see it unless you're pulling the eyelid down...
and Herself doesn't allow "paparazzi" in the treatment room...



having had enough "attention", even for her...
I'm getting "the look"...
which means...well, I don't use that kind of language...

at her age, 17, Mz Fluff is in robust good health...
except for the obvious eye issue...

she has always had "digestive issues"...
which have suddenly cleared up...
since she's had the eye issues...
and been getting antibiotic eye salve...

so she's actually gained a bit of weight...
since her return from the vet's...
when it's warm, she goes outside & sleeps...
when it's sunny, but cool, she sleeps in the sunny window...

otherwise, she sleeps on my bed...

surgical removal of a cat's eyeball is routine surgery...
quite easy for the surgeon...
NOT easy on the cat...

I've had 2 previous kitties who had this surgery...
one, when he was very young, as he was born...
with only one eye fully developed...
and the other deformed one was removed...

that was Boodjie[BJer, aka "Blackjack"]...
he was born on April 15, 1992...and died on New Year's Eve, 2004...
he was all black, had a prehensile-like tail...
and was the biggest sweetie on earth...

the other was Mikie, brother of Katie...
rescued with a horribly swollen eye...
that finally ruptured, so it was removed...
he was about 8 weeks old when he had the surgery...
he had a long & happy life...
and was also very sweet & mellow...

the vet wants to avoid the eyeball removal for Fluff...
as long as she is comfortable...
because he says that it is very hard on an older cat...
though she has has anesthesia for several procedures...
even quite recently...

sewing her eye shut didn't work...
I continue to put antibiotic salve in her eye...
several times a day, with her permission, of course...

so if any of you are so inclined to say a prayer for Fluff...
we would appreciate it...

I know she's had a long life...
but except for the eye problem...
she has a really good quality of life...
and I'd like my friend to have some more good years...
sleeping on my bed, batting me if I don't move fast enough...
and just being here...