Small Miracles

Booter had a two week check up to see how she was responding to the blood pressure medication and to have her eyes checked. Blood pressure was in the normal range, about 165. The sight has returned to the left eye, the retina reattached and unbelievably the center of the right eye had also attached. The vet was amazed. I knew Booter had been seeing better. She had been jumping up into the window at night to scan the woods for owls, weasels and red fox. Or maybe just watch the moths flutter up with screens.

Two weeks ago when she was first diagnosed with hypertensive retinopathy, reattachment in the right eye seemed very unlikely. While her “menace” reflex is slow, she has tracking movement. As explained by the ophthalmologist, the menace reflex is one indication of how well the eyes are focusing. Since cats don’t read eye charts throwing a quick hand up in their face and watching the cat’s flinch response is one way of determining if the cat needs glasses. The good news is that Booter needs glasses, but not a white tipped cane.