The One with the eyeball and the heart.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that Ozzie was dealing with a cherry eye. My vet saw it a while ago and thought nothing of it. However, I noticed in the last few weeks that it was getting worse. 

It appeared to me that his eyes were both in the same spot (lined up together) but his left lower eyelid was drooping way down, and 'stuff' was bulging upwards from the area.

I finally said: I'm taking him to the pet ophthalmologist. I needed to know for sure if nothing could be done. 

 Sadly, he's visited the eye specialist before; he's a special kind of wonderful. 

You can see a bit of it here in the pic from a few weekends ago. 

The ophthalmologist said she suspected it was a tumor.

*sigh*

I took him the next day to his regular vet to have blood drawn, urinalysis, and a chest Xray to make sure 'nothing' had spread and that he was healthy enough to have surgery.;  he passed those tests.

Last Wednesday was TO BE surgery day.

The Coach took him to drop off for surgery...before he left though, the Eye Dr. did a quick listen to his heart and stated that she thought he has a heart murmur.
She wouldn't  perform the surgery until he visited a cardiologist.

Yes, we're still talking about our dog. 

Saturday the Coach took him to the cardiologist. (I was under the weather and prepping for a large party at our house)

He doesn't have a heart murmur. He has heart disease. An enlarged heart. Cardiomyopathy.
*sigh*

Luckily though, he can go through with the surgery now.
Tomorrow is surgery day. Again.

We're praying that removing the tumor will go smoothly and his heart will keep on doing what it's been doing.
You know, beating and loving.

In case you were worried-Ozzie is still dealing with a bit of dementia, but mostly he is happy, gleeful, joyful and sweet. Oblivious.

XOXO