I have had Hellena for about four years now, she has been through alot of moves, we came to where wee live now about a year ago and I started letting her outside for the first time in her life. She loves it. We have a morning routine to where she goes out and sniffs around (she never goes to far) but seemed to like playing with the gophers in the yard. I was told to not let her out but couldnt help it....one night a year ago, I had the notion to come home early because she had some puffyness in her actual eye ball, it became cloudy, we took her in to the vet and got atropine drops..........the vet failed to remember to offer a cone collar on her and she ended up scratching it out...came home to her eyes ruptured and hanging out....of course it was Sunday and took her to emergency....1500$$$$$$ dollars later we had her eye removed.....the previous owner told me that it was a related bunny disease that she must have picked up from gophers....and that it is related to her throat because every time she swallows it seems like something is stuck in her throat.....the lady is a friend of mine and seems to have a tendency to stretch reality....I had a couple different opinions......I was told that she has an inner tumor and it has spread to the other eye it seems. She bumps into the walls and such and seems like she is blind in the good eye...she has goood days and bad days....lately she ahs been hideing in my bedroom faceing the wall and constantly purring( I have heard that they do that to heal themselves......... she also has been haveing some shakeing....I am not sure if it is arthritis or what or if she is in pain of some sort? it is so hard to predict what she is experiencing and i FEEL HELPESS BECAUSE LACK OF MONEY...i REALLY CANT SPEND ALOT MORE MONEY ON HER....I almost became evicted because I spent my rent money on her opperation.....what I am getting down to is that I have sort of given up on what it could be.....the vets just shrugged theire shoulders, and quiet frankly, I dont really trust them....i know that there has to be some kind of answer. I would like to come across a holistic vet of some kind or Persian speacialist.......someone who knows the breed that can take a look at her in Santa Cruz Calif. seems that this city would be crawling with people that are knowledgable to this sort of thing or that can just give me an honest answer.....I have heard of suppliments or herbs that I can give her to slow down the growth of the tumor and so fourth...I dont want to give her something that will hurt her worse.......she also had difficulties with dermatitis.....she is the sweetest kitty in the world....it is such a shame for her to be sick and sad all the time....it effects me...or is she taking on my hardship????????????????? i dont know, i am clueless.....dont know what to do.....wassant aware of how sensitive Persians are....I feel ike it is my fault for letting her outside but I dont beleive in keeping them indoors....it isant natural....



please help.....