The dog seems better. My panicked concern of a few weeks ago is subsiding, though my wallet is considerably lighter than in the past.
For those of you who don’t know the story, my pup Honey (pictured on a deck in Corolla, N.C.) went blind unexpectedly a few weeks ago. A visit to the a specialist in Red Bank confirmed that her retinas had detached due to high blood pressure.
This, of course, was two weeks before we were to leave for the Outer Banks for vacation — a vacation that was to include the pup for the first time. So, we begin giving her high-blood-pressure pills — at $140 for a month supply — along with her steroids and hope for the best.
The vet told us at the time that her sight could return — though there was a very small window of opportunity.
We head south and she seems worse. She’s hyper and confused in the van, continues to be confused in the rental house — until she begins to settle in. She went from tripping on the stairs to catching a ball in the air in the matter of a week.
So panic and concern are giving way to elation. We have an appointment for her in Red Bank on Friday, so I’ll know more then. Let’s just hope she continues to progress and, for our checkbook’s sake, we can take her off the blood-pressure pills.
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