I know I dont usually say an awful lot here (shocking since I dont shut up most places!), but needed to today as i'm basically in shock and cant think of anything else to do but post in forums hoping someone can make me feel better!
I was sat here minding my own business Tuesday, chatting rubbish on facebook....when my beautiful Dobermann Zeus came over to have a cuddle. He put his head on my lap as usual. I noticed that his eye looked a little "misty" so googled it (trusty old google!)
I got several links come up saying although it is probably nothing that with eyes you just need to call the vets straight away anyway. So I did.
They gave me an appointment for the same day. So I went to the vets and sat in the waiting room chatting rubbish with the rest of the people waiting, feeling sorry for them all with all their animals ailments.
We get called in, I tell the vet, he takes a look.....i'm expecting to be told he has conjunctivitus or something....the vet says "Oh no thats not good"
They NEVER say bad stuff! Even when its bad!! They always sound positive! So obviously bad is bad.....how bad.....
He shows me inside his eye....
He has a growth inside his actual eye, not on the eyelid or tear ducts, but the actual eye itself inside. Half of his eye is taken over by this growth.
The vet starts telling me about benign stuff and malignant and etc etc, basically telling me that usually they would do a biopsy but as its inside the eye they would risk him going blind anyway, but as its growing so fast a biopsy isnt even necessary, its very worrying how fast its grown and they need to remove his eye!!!
He had his jab's at the end of January and was checked over at the time & nothing was there, now he has a tumor the size of a 10p peice!!
I cant beleive it!
I walked in with a "healthy" dog and out with one that may be dying! WTH!!!
Sorry if that didnt make any sense