Tentative success
Jul. 20th, 2014 12:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gingerschnapps Merlin is home. He is still lightly sedated and very confused. He hates his lampshade collar passionately. I am currently typing this one handed because he is curled up in the crook of my other arm. The only way to get him to rest is to hold him. He cries piteously if he cannot see at least one of his humans at all times. It would be adorable if it wasn't so heartwrenching.
The surgery was more successful than anticipated. The laceration to his eye was Y-shaped, with two branches on the cornea and one on the sclera. If everything heals cleanly he will still have partial vision in the eye. The main challenge now is keeping it clear of infection and scarring. He's got a followup appointment in two days, after which we will know more about how things are healing.
Big thanks to everyone for the help and the signal boosts. I have the best friends in the world. This is really difficult. He's still so tiny, which I think will make this easier for him to adapt to, but it's so hard to see him in distress. He's a tiny trooper, though. He still purrs his lungs out whenever we hold him, so I think he will be fine.
The surgery was more successful than anticipated. The laceration to his eye was Y-shaped, with two branches on the cornea and one on the sclera. If everything heals cleanly he will still have partial vision in the eye. The main challenge now is keeping it clear of infection and scarring. He's got a followup appointment in two days, after which we will know more about how things are healing.
Big thanks to everyone for the help and the signal boosts. I have the best friends in the world. This is really difficult. He's still so tiny, which I think will make this easier for him to adapt to, but it's so hard to see him in distress. He's a tiny trooper, though. He still purrs his lungs out whenever we hold him, so I think he will be fine.
