Todays Vet update

Today we took spike in for his regular vet check up. The diseased eye, has had high pressure issues for the last few weeks. In fact, his eye specialist says the eye drops (which are never meant for long term use) are just not working anymore. In taking him in to his regular vet today, she confirmed the same and made clear that she too feels he wont regain any sight in that eye. My focus needs to be on pain management and getting the money together for his surgery, in addition to fighting like hell to keep this disease from taking his other eye. Overall, Spike had a great day today, though he never really shows us that he is ever in pain. Bumping in to things, and having a little more trouble seeing things at night has been something we have had to get used too, but even I seem to be handling it better. Coming up with the money for the surgery has been difficult. I'm not good with people, or for asking for help, both of which you need to have when trying to raise money for a cause. But this is a good lesson for me, as once i finish my college certifications and BA degree, I want to run several non profits, and work on combating the nutrition and hunger problem we struggle with here in the US. But this has shown me that our pets need help as well. I see on tv all of the televised animal rescue programs popping up, but when it comes to military families...there just isnt much help for us with these kind of expenses. We take very good care of our pets, but these added expenses just don't fit into the average military family budget. We work so hard to get by and feed ourselves, but our pets shouldn't have to suffer. I have faith that this fundraiser will help us help SPike, and then I can begin to work on helping other military families help their pets. Thats all for right now