Entropion
Lego
Lego was born with a condition called 'entropion', or rolling in of his
upper and lower eyelids. It is an extremely painful condition which makes the
eyelashes rub on the surface of the eye. Eventually this leads to ulceration of
the eye surface and blindness. When I first met Lego he was not able to open
his eyes properly and
was reluctant to allow his head to be touched as he was
so painful.
On my visit to KWLPH in March 2011 we operated on Lego to
correct this condition. We removed a portion of skin from the upper eyelids to
remove the eyelashes that were rubbing on his eye and a portion of skin from
beneath the eyes to make the lower eyelids turn out. Immediately after surgery
Lego was a different cat. He was happy and purring and even more amazingly, had
his eyes wide open. Ten days later he has his stitches out and we are so
pleased with the result.
Samantha Bloomfield BSc MA VetMB GPCert(SAS) MRCVS
Corneal Sequestrum
Cahyono
Cahyano had a condition called 'corneal sequestrum'. As you can
see from the photograph there is a dark area on the surface (cornea) of the
eye. This is dead and painful. The cat also cannot see through this area. We
don't know what causes this condition and is only usually seen in cats.
This sequestrum was removed surgically and a
temporary supportive graft made from the conjunctiva to help it heal. Ten days
later we removed the conjunctiva 'hood' and the cornea had healed very well.
Chayano was much happier and hopefully this condition will not recur.
Labu developed a condition known as a 'blocked bladder' in February
2011. This is when small stones or other particles obstruct the urethra and the
cat is unable to pass urine. It is life threatening and luckily for Labu,
Anne-Marie, the veterinary nurse on-site at the time was able to pass a urinary
catheter and 'unblock' him. This saved his life.
This condition often recurs and because KWPLH does
not have a full time veterinary surgeon it was decided to operate on Labu in
March when the veterinary surgeon came over from England. The aim of the
surgery was to widen Labu's urethra so that if he did continue to produce
stones then at least they would be able to be passed freely in the urine and he
would not 'block' again.
We performed a 'perineal urethrostomy' on Labu at
the clinic at KWPLH. The operation was a success and Labu made a rapid recovery
from his surgery.
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