Update
RIP Frosty Strong. ..we are ALL feeling the loss and sadness tonight…you were truly one of a kind and we will never forget you.
Your Blind friend,
Muffin
Xo
Update
Today is an exciting day! My Muffin’s Halo arrived! How do I look? Thank you so much to Second Chances for Blind Dogs for donating a halo to me. I know this… may come as a shock, but my mom is overprotective of me. She is so fearful of me hurting my remaining eye that I don’t get to cruise around the house on my own very often. Since my blindness came on so quickly, I had a hard time “mapping out” my surroundings. When I would bump into things, it would scare Mom that I would hurt my eye & I also became less confident walking around on my own. We are hopeful that my Muffin’s Halo will help both me & my mom
Backstory
We adopted Frosty, a Westie/Jack Russell mix, from South Suburban Humane Society in 2002 when he was 11 months old. He had been rescued from his first owner due to abuse and neglect.
Frosty developed cataracts that came on very quickly in September of 2012. We took him to an ophthalmologist thinking that we would have the cataract surgery done and move on with life. Instead, we learned that he also had progressive retinal atrophy so he didn’t qualify for the cataract surgery. He quickly developed glaucoma that wasn’t able to be controlled with medication. His eye pressure was 4 times the normal pressure and he was in a lot of pain. In December of 2012, he had surgery to remove his left eye and replace it with a prosthetic. By May of 2013, the same surgery was required for his right eye. Unfortunately, a month later he had an ulceration and the prosthetic needed to be removed. We often carry Frosty because we are so fearful of another ulceration to his remaining eye.
On September 26, 2014, Frosty had a cancerous tumor removed from his right front leg. He is currently receiving a series of 21 radiation treatments. We are praying that we will soon hear the words cancer free.
We would love to receive a white angel wings Muffin’s Halo. Thank you for selecting Frosty. I think the halo will give him a little more independence
