He'll See

Jfer picked up Homer at the eye doctor's and it sounds like everything is going to be fine. He was diagnosed with extracoular myositis which is an inflammation of the muscles around the eye. I found a site that talks about a case study in a Golden Retrieve--the before and after pictures look a lot like Homer. There are quite a few possible causes for this, including hypothyroidism, Grave's disease, autoimmune disorders and others. The vet decided to treat the symptoms and if it recurs, we may run additional test.

So Homer is now taking steroids to reduce the inflammation. He loves those little pills--I suppose it helps that we serve them wrapped in prosciutto (hey, that's what we happened to have at home). Now that he's popping 'roids, I wonder whether he wants me to replace is toys with some free weights and whether he'll start begging for one of these shirts.