Written by Charlotte Kieser
Professional photography by elysian
Three of our four fur-kids went to doggie heaven within the last year, leaving behind Jessie. We were heartbroken and Jessie (our remaining fur-baby) had to go on calming meds as she was so anxious and stressed, having lost her friendship pack. It was time to adopt another fur baby.
On the morning of the 2nd of May, we arrived at the Animal Anti-Cruelty League and filled in the forms. A lady named Helen Sadler took us around the back to look at the dogs they had and asked us what we were looking for. I told her we were looking for a small doggy that could fit through the doggy-hole in our door at home. She showed us this tiny little white-and-black fur-baby that had come in the day before.
As I picked him up, my heart melted and I knew this was the love of my life, Patches! We had to leave him there for two more days so they could clean him up, give him his vaccinations, and be checked by the doctor. I left crying my eyes out and just couldn’t wait to take Patches home.
On the 4th of May, when we went back to collect him, the doctor told us that there was something wrong with his right eye. I assured them we would take him to our vet. Two weeks later we had an appointment for Patches at the Panorama Eye Clinic. They told us that both his eyes had cataracts in them and that he’d definitely go blind. He only had approximately 10% vision in the right eye.
We decided that since Patches was still so young, we couldn’t let him go blind and wanted to give him a better quality of life. Two weeks later, the specialist performed procedures on both eyes simultaneously. The plan was for the cataracts to be removed and lenses to be implanted. At midday they called and told us that unfortunately the procedure hadn’t gone as planned. The left eye had a tear behind the cornea. They removed the cataract but couldn’t do a lens implant. As they started working on the right eye they realised the cataract had become like thick jelly and attached itself to the cornea. They removed it carefully but couldn’t do an implant of the lens in that eye either. We had to wait for seven days to see what the results would be.
After a week, I took him back and the doctor said that they still weren’t sure about the left eye as it didn’t look very good. We had people far and wide praying for total healing.
On the 6th of July we took him back and got the best news ever! Patches, our precious little fur-baby, would see out of both his eyes once more!
We’re so grateful that we were able to give him another chance in life. Our lives are filled with the most precious diamond. Thank you Helen and the Animal Anti-Cruelty League team for giving us the opportunity to give our little Patches a loving and forever home.
