My boy went blind but I got him the cataract operation on both eyes and that went well. The reason why my boy didn't last long was I never really got his blood glucose under control and it stayed high for all that time. It was during Covid and the Massey medicine specialist was stuck in Aussie so the rest at Massey ran out of ideas and my main vet topped herself which meant everything turned to shit. Diabetic humans last for a while if they get their blood glucose levels under control.
A lot depends on the dogs' age. Obviously if they are getting on a bit it is harder to keep them in the good glucose range since their organs are already getting a bit knackered with age.
It can be a real balance trying to keep their quality of life good without them suffering. One of the main problems is animals hide their pain etc... so it can be hard to really know how much they are suffering
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