Actually, she also had herpes which had manifested itself in her left eye. We fought for months to save the eye, but it required medication something like 7 times a day, and she HATES being medicated. The stress was just too much, so after much debate (here), with some great advice, we finally opted to have the eye out. Her energy levels went up about 100% (and she was already SUCH an active cat) once she'd recovered from the surgery. THOSE are NOT cute pictures (when where her eye is was sewn shut). She looked like Frankenstein. But now - she looks like she's winking!