Frida's eye looks better than it has looked in months. I left town for a few days just after she was released from medication, and my husband told me she wasn't even squinting a little. The eye drops themselves had caused discomfort to her eye and irritation to the skin around the eye. Within a couple of days, her eye and skin had revived with their own normal moisture.
She is perky and happy. She sticks up for herself at mealtime when the other three pace around with her, waiting for the food to be set down. She enjoys sleeping on the daybed on the porch, even in the afternoon sun. When dark falls, she watches for us to sit down to watch tv. Sometimes she will move to the den before we get there, or a few minutes after, and on Monday nights when we leave the house for a few hours, she is waiting there for us when we get home. If we take her up to bed with us, she stays all night. If we don't, she sleeps in her favorite downstairs places. For an eighteen year old cat with herpes and a bum eyeball, she's doing pretty well.
The timing of her recovery was perfect. I had a window of summer where I could devote all my time to her care. Then I left for a family reunion, and it was a relief to know she was out of danger.
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