January 17th 2009 8:24 pm
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Dear Diary,

My - how time has flown by! Christmas and New Years has come and gone! I got lots of nice things from Santa Paws. Plus, it was my birthday on Christmas Day - I am now 5 years young! :0)

But, the new year has brought some changes for me and my mommy and daddy. You see, it all started Friday night - December 19th. I ran into the wall - literally! I ran into the wall! Mommy jumped up when she saw me hit the wall and rushed over and picked me up. She snuggled me - checked me out to see if I was hurt. She put me down and I tried to run up the stairs, but kept running into them!

Mommy and Daddy got real concerned - you see I had just seen the vet a few weeks before about my cataracts. So on Monday, Mommy took me to the vet - where they said the cataracts had gotten worse. So, we scheduled an appointment with the specialist for the 30th.

Mommy and Grandma took me to the specialist - he said I didn't have cataracts! Mommy was real happy at first, but then the doctor said I had torn retinas - I am blind! The doctor said that my right retina has been torn for a long time and that I had been fooling Mommy and Daddy a long time. And the left retina went the night of the 19th - which explained my running into the wall!

Mommy just cried real hard and hugged the stuffing out of me! Grandma cried too. The doctor said I could have surgery, but there was no guarantee that my eyes would get better - this is something I was born with.

So, we came home and told Daddy the news - he cried too! Mommy and Daddy were talking and they had finally realized that I had been fooling them for awhile. Like - I would run sideways up the hill when playing fetch in the backyard. And how I stopped jumping up on the bed - cause I couldn't judge distance very well.

Well - Mommy ordered a book the doctor told her about - "Living with Blind Dogs" I guess it has some neat stuff in it about helping me adjust. Mommy and grandma have been working with me - trying to get me to go back up and down the stairs. It is scary!! Let me tell you!

I have gone up and down three steps now - feel pretty proud of myself! I still play fetch! It takes me a little longer to play - have to sniff out my toy, but I find it!

I'm just happy to have a Mommy and Daddy - and a Grandma and Grandpa - who love me very much and really are looking out for me! Grandpa gets after Muffin when she hisses at me - he doesn't like it when Muffin is mean to me. I guess she is just adjusting to it all too!

Well, it is late - Mommy is real tired - she and Daddy have to carry me up and down the stairs for right now. I have my jammers on and am ready to go to sleep.

See you soon!

Hugs and kisses, Chloe