Kerry and I have been thinking a lot about this sweet boy. We adopted him back on March 30th knowing he was a blind dog. We were obviously completely OK with that; knowing he would have special needs and be different from any other dog we've had. He has done great with us and has been one amazing little guy. We took him to Dallas Ophthalmology back in June with Dr. Munger just for a checkup to make sure everything with his eyes was just fine. He suggested that we could do the tests to see if he was a candidate for cataract surgery (around $700 just for the test) or don't do anything because he gets around just fine and has a good quality of life. So we decided to hold off. Red was still new to us; adjusting to two kids and 3 other dogs. At Christmas, Kerry mentioned how much he has been thinking about getting the tests done. Red had been with us long enough and we want more for him if we can. We felt in our hearts that he would be a candidate. So I called and today was our appointment. He had to be semi-sedated so that he was nice and calm. We dropped him off first thing this morning. Got up at 4:45 AM to drive to Dallas and expected him to not be ready to be picked up until 3:00 this afternoon. But they called us around lunchtime to say he was already ready to go. Red is a candidate for eye surgery in both eyes!!!! And he goes next Thursday the 16th to have the cataract surgery. We are so stinking excited but pretty nervous at the same time. I'm nervous something might go wrong but Kerry says what could happen "he can't see?" and that's true. He's nervous about it changing his personality. What if he can see and then he decides he really doesn't like little kids or our other dogs. I'm not too worried about that. He is so sweet and loving that I can't see it turning him mean other than your typical boston behaviors. But we are thankful he is a candidate and we can give this opportunity to him. He has no idea what is in store!
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