Little Georgie was born on the 1st May 2012. She came into my life on the 15th July 2012. She was a healthy, happy and sociable little girl. On the 17th of November 2012 we noticed that she wasn't responding to anything visually and rushed her off to the emergency vet. He was equally concerned about her vision and referred us to the Animal Eye Hospital for tests. The eye specialist confirmed that our baby was blind and diagnosed her with Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome (SARDS), a disease that causes blindness over a very short space of time. We went away with the comfort that she was in no pain and would adjust extremely quickly. The specialist was right. Within less than 2 weeks she was running around as if nothing was wrong whatsoever.
In December 2012 I knew I needed to get Georgie spayed and booked her in for surgery. The day before the surgery I took her in for blood tests just to make sure there were no underlying health issues and she was given the all clear. On the 19th of December she had her surgery and the next day was back to her normal lively self. A few days later we started to notice her walking a bit strangely and presumed it was to do with the surgery and her stitches possibly pulling. 9 days after the surgery we took her to have her stitches out but she continued to walk strangely and started tilting to one side and circling. On 31st December we took her back to the vet as we were very concerned about her behaviour. The vet hoped that it was Vestibular disease but did mention the chance that it might be neurologial. He treated her with antibiotics and Prednisone.
Within a week Georgie was back to herself and the vet started reducing the dosage of Prednisone. About a week later she started going downhill again. I immediately took her back to the vet and he booked her in for an MRI and spinal tap the next day. I was beside myself with worry. We got the results of the MRI the same day and the vet diagnosed her with suspected Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis (GME). She had a fairly large lesion on her brain. The results of the spinal tap confirmed his suspicions. Here began our journey with GME.
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