SMOOCHIE IN NEW JERSEY EYE SURGERY FUNDRAISER SEPTEMBER 2015
CRUSA President Violetta Argueta writes: CRUSA foster dog Smoochie in New Jersey needs your help!
As you may know from reading her bio on our website, Smoochie was diagnosed with Ocular Melanosis (OM) in September 2013.

We took her to the vet because she was getting adopted and needed to have her vaccines updated. While examining her, our vet noticed that her beautiful eyes were abnormally large. When he tested her intra ocular pressure (IOP), it was over 40 mm Hg in both eyes (normal IOP in dogs is between 10 and 20 mm Hg). And so her adoption fell apart, as OM is a relatively rare but inherited condition that affects mostly Cairn Terriers in which BOTH eyes start producing too much pigment; the pigment accumulates and results in a high IOP (also known as glaucoma).

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