As most of you know, I\u2019m no spring chicken and there just seems to have been one thing after another. I went to the vet this week as my thyroid glands are quite swollen, despite already being on medication. Apparently that can happen with the condition I have. However, our Mistress described my symptoms to our vet and she decided to examine my eyes. Although there are no significant signs of cataracts it seems I have some degree of degeneration of my sight due to age. Our vet thinks it is probably my near vision that is going, whilst I can probably see distant things not too badly. You\u2019ll understand that my eye test isn\u2019t quite as scientific as yours and I don\u2019t read out the letters on the chart. The problem isn\u2019t that I can\u2019t read the letters, it\u2019s just that you can\u2019t always hear clearly what I\u2019m saying. Anyway, I didn\u2019t really react to the vet shining a bright light in either of my eyes, which wasn\u2019t a good sign. It led to our Mistress doing a rather more scientific test by throwing a piece of food for me to catch. I am beside myself, I missed it. I was sort of aware there was something there but then I had to rummage around on the floor to sniff it out. I was mortified. Our Master didn\u2019t believe our Mistress when she came home so he did the same test with a piece of meat and a piece of carrot. I missed them both. My diminishing eyesight was proved beyond all doubt. They are wondering if it has changed suddenly as I started cowering away from hands about a week ago and have been more miserable. Our Mistress is being lovely and we\u2019re trying to understand exactly how bad it is. When she is approaching she now calls to me quietly first, so I know it\u2019s her and don\u2019t need to worry. The hardest part is that I just can\u2019t cope with being in the same room as Aristotle anymore as I am so stressed and worried about what he\u2019s going to do. I\u2019ve asked our Mistress if it carries on getting worse if she\u2019ll be my guide-human. She just cried, but I think that meant yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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