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7:52 pm
McGwire has had an eye infection for a while that won't clear up, and I noticed this morning that he actually has a small, kind of bulbous mass on the inside of his upper eyelid. I don't want to take him to the vet unnecessarily, and if it's not a dire, life-threatening situation, I probably won't have it removed. On the other hand, there's that nasty C word that keeps popping up...
12:13 am
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It sounds like a Meibomian cyst (a sty) which is a plugged duct. These sometimes come to a head with dilute boric acid soaks or you may need eye meds from your vet. Sometimes eyelid tumors do occur but they tend to be solid and the melanomas are a black color.
It doesn't sound like an emergency but you might want to get it checked out.
Pam and Tazzie
6:55 pm
Thanks Pam. That's exactly what the vet said it was. He has severe dry eyes-they put this paper in his eye and when they should have gotten 15-20+, they only got 6 on each eye. Now he has to go on 'restasis' for dogs. It's funny how the whole cancer thing has made me so completely paranoid and such a pessimist! I'm usually so optimistic, but now it seems I'm always just sitting around waiting for the other shoe to drop. Ah, the joys of living with cancer...
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