The first photo was from a few weeks ago and the second one from today. 

I don't know how to start this as I am very upset. This morning my mother and my brother took my cat, Poppy to the vets as we noticed some changes in her eyes and her behaviour. She is around 14-15 years old. We noticed that within the past week or so, Her eyes had started to look different, like her pupils were very large and her eyes looked blurry in the light. Her behaviour was slightly different too, she would meow when we picked her up and didn't seem as happy to be picked up, she also didn't come over to us as much as she normally would. She still seemed happy within herself as she would lay on my bed and also play with her favourite mouse toy just last night. But we knew that we needed to take her to the vets and only got her in today.


The vets basically told my mother that because Poppy has high blood pressure, her retinas detached suddenly and she became blind pretty much overnight. She also has a heart murmur which is am very worried about too. She still needs more tests like a blood test and such which my brother paid for her to get tomorrow to see if there may be anything else wrong with her but I'm praying there won't be.


My mother had a bit of a to-do with the vet lady as she basically said that Poppy needed to be put to sleep as blind cats have a poor quality of life and it's not humane. I don't
understand this as I know of blind cats who are happy and have a good life despite being blind. The vet said my mother was "contradicting herself" when she said she didn't want to put Poppy down but that she has not a lot of money. Which I also don't understand because just because someone doesn't have a lot of money doesn't mean they want their cat to be put to sleep???


I feel so so bad that we didn't take her in sooner because maybe we could have stopped this from happening and I feel so guilty that it could have been prevented. To learn she is fully blind now.. I don't know how to accept this or how to help her. The last thing I want to do is put her to sleep because she is blind. I know it is going to be hard for her because it wasn't gradual either, it was sudden. Right now she seems a bit confused like she doesn’t know fully where I am and I feel so upset. I think she can still see a bit of light, if it is light. 


The vet said we don't know if she is in pain as cats hide is very well but she still seems happy within herself. Also she's not so young anymore at 15. I am torn and don't know what to do. I am waiting tomorrow to see what her other tests say.

I have no idea how to care for a blind cat. I have three other cats and they all (mostly) get along well. Any advice is welcome. 

Today I found my out my cat suddenly became blind. The vet told me to put her down. Any advice please