Time for some reflection, I guess....

Dear Diary,

It's been awhile since my last post. I've been busy with taking care of Oscar. The cataract in his left eye turned dark last year. Turns out, that was a good thing. It matured and dried up - just like my ovaries and uterus will some day. By doing that, it restored a good portion of his eye sight back.

Now for the bad news. The cataract in his right eye never matured and about 5 days ago he started crying like he was really hurting - for no apparent reason. The next morning I took him to the Vet. The lens in his right eye had become dislodged and the eye was 50% larger than normal, due to glaucoma. Our only realistic option was to have his eye surgically removed.

At first I thought I was handling the entire thing like a real adult. Then the next morning arrived and I started crying like an idiot at the Vet's office.

Seriously... I was a Hot Mess.

The vet techs were all concerned and trying to comfort me but I was inconsolable. HOT MESS.

His wound is starting to heal now and it's getting "itchy". I feel for him, since my own skin itches all over almost all of the time.

I'm suddenly very tired just from reviewing all of this madness. More tomorrow.