Over the labor day weekend lexi rapidly lost vision.
Blind dog has surgery.
Cataract surgery in dogs is over all a rewarding procedure considering that it can help dogs gain back a good percentage of their lost vision.
Duffy qualified for an eye surgery that would be able to restore his sight.
However as with any type of surgery there may also be some risks.
Lexi s rapid vision loss.
After this blind dog got surgery to see again his adorable reaction touched 14 million hearts youtube.
Link to lexi s rapid vision loss.
His treatment and surgery took place at the veterinary referral center in malvern pennsylvania.
She has both cataracts as well as retinal degeneration.
For owners of blind dogs.
In between these two from 15 percent all the way to 99 percent are immature cataracts which sila says can be something of a gray area.
Sila says dogs with mature cataracts can only see changes in light.
Watch this formerly blind dog react to seeing his owners for the first time after getting eye surgery duffy the irish terrier has an amazing reaction to reuniting with his adopted parents by john.
Duffy s family didn t hesitate to sign duffy up for the surgery.
She recommends that dogs with mature cataracts undergo cataract surgery to remove them.
Also not all dogs are good candidates for surgery and the surgery can be quite expensive.