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...sorry sent too early.....was given steroids prior to eye going bad, in effort to help breathing I suppose. Then also steroids after eye went bad while waiting for a new batch of tests to come back (retested all the feline viral stuff and also bartonella bacteria). Yes he is still visual in...

He was diagnosed by blood and urine test (by me saying to my vet, "what about a fungus").Was given steroids prior to fungal diagnosis when his eye got infected. The eye infection diagnosis and treatment was again delayed (like this whole story)

I am trying my best right now. I really trusted my vet was doing the right things. I should have taken him to an internist or something but I didn't even think of that as an option. This all came to a head at a very difficult point in my life, my best friend and office manager of 16 years...

You are so kind to reply and talk to me about this. I have struggled with myself over this whole thing.

I will definitely have to follow and look into the herpes angle. The internal medicine vet said that he felt there is some underlying issue. He said that to treat with meds to eradicate fungus. Then see what residual signs would be present in the nose before doing something to the...

Yes he is also seeing internal medicine vet. Told us it would be 10-18 months of treatment. Internal med vet won't talk eye problems and eye doctor won't talk internal medicine problems. It is just like in the human world i suppose. We don't know the cause of the fungus. I am with a heavy...

yes, he has been going to vet opthalmologist for a few weeks now. Took 10 days to get in to see her but he is going. That is hard part about this is the waiting for improvement in the eye. Eye doc changed med after two and half weeks as she thought it wasn't working in the eye. thank you.

I don't think they actually tested for herpes. I think they just said likely since herpes is so common in the cat. I will look into that. Thank you for being so kind and helpful

Yes, he has been on antibiotics for a while, even different kinds. Vet even checked for bartonella, which is a bacteria that infects the eye. That is why this is delayed because for many months the differential diagnosis was bacterial versus just herpes viral infection. It is uncommon for...

My 5 year old gentle giant male kitty began having nasal symptoms in September. After months of taking him to my vet who has served me well and helped save my other 5 year old from crystal disease, he has been diagnosed with nasal fungal disease cryptococcus, which has spread to his eye. I...