Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread Joan Doljan
Nina, I had a cat that had the same symptoms. I paid a lot of money for a number of tests and all turned out OK. Eventually the eye became normal again. Hoping for the best for Grace. JoanNina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just posted about how well Grace has been doing. I'm about to lose my mind,

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread Cherie A Gabbert
Nina, My positve Amber has a dilated pupil and her coloring is darker in that eye also, but nothing else is wrong and she seems to be fine with it, a little more light sensitive but that seems to be all, let me know what you find out. Cherie[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nina,I think it could be a sign

RE: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread Cherie A Gabbert
Jen, This helps me also, thank you ;-)) CherieJen Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Nina!I've actually got three cats with this condition (I don't recall thetechnical name for it, but it's common among cats with FeLV)...Marvin(he's about 4 years old) has a pupil that's completely blown, but

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread Melbeach
We're saying a prayer for you guys. Hopefully the list is right and it's just a strange quirk with felv. -Kyle - Original Message - From: Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:59 PM Subject: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil I

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread tamara stickler
Nina, The dilated pupil could be caused by various things. The least of which, and MOST likely since you stated that she's been ok, and acting quite like a kitten again, is that she might have given herself a slight concusion. My spaz-cat Coebeio has done this on occasiononce while spazing

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread Belinda Sauro
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RE: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: RE: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil Dear Nina I know you've had a lot of reassuring replies since you posted, and I'm hope and praying along with you and everyone else that Grace's symptom isn't a serious one. I hope you do get to see your vet this weekend (and sooner

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread Nina
Thanks Joan, that's good to hear. My internist is going to try to squeeze me in this weekend, but thanks to you guys I'm not quite so nervous anymore. Joan Doljan wrote: Nina, I had a cat that had the same symptoms. I paid a lot of money for a number of tests and all turned out OK.

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread Nina
Thanks Tamara for all the personal experience about this. The reason I started to panic, was because Grace's littermate, Molly, (the 2nd in the litter to pass), had a tumor behind one of her eyes. A concussion had not occurred to me, but the way she's been acting lately, it could be. Nina

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-29 Thread TenHouseCats
as most of the folks are saying, while it could be serious and should be looked at, it could just as easily be one of the simpler things folks are suggesting fyi, I have unequal pupils myself sometimes, which comes from a really rare, totally benign condition that causes my optical nerves to

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-28 Thread Nina
Thanks Michelle for that ray of hope. I'm trying not to panic. Before my animals started getting sick, I was so calm in crisis conditions. That's all shot to h**l now. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nina, I think it could be a sign of something serious, but I also seem to remember someone

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-28 Thread Barb Moermond
Nina, go search in the archives from 1998, my Ninja had strange pupil issues and there was nothing at all wrong with her eyes. She had uneven dilation and it would changeoccasionally as to which eye was more dilated, but they were both more dilated than normal. My vet even checked her ocular

RE: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-28 Thread Chris
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jen Meyer Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:22 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil Hi Nina! I've actually got three cats with this condition (I don't recall the technical name for it, but it's common among

Re: I'm scared for Grace - dilated left pupil

2005-04-28 Thread Nina
I forgot to mention that my vet also said that this is not unheard of with FelV kitties. Nina