CT goes to the hospital

CT has been sick. Last week her eyes started to look red. But this morning her right eye was completely popped out of her head and bright red. It looked like a maraschino cherry, the kind you get on an ice cream sunday, where the cherry skin is all wrinkled. She was scratching her eye with her little claws and could not close her eye when she slept. It was the saddest thing i've ever seen. I rushed her to the vet this afternoon, and the prognosis was not good. She might have a brain tumor, or blunt force head trauma. The vet gave her some eye drops and some medicine. And just a few hours later, the swelling went down and she is looking like she is going to make a full recovery. Ashlee and I were completely amazed that she got better so fast. It just goes to show you that this little hamster (all 23 grams) has a whole lot of moxie.