01/16/2026
It’s our first Friday Eye-Day post of the year! 🥳
🚨 Please note, this post contains photos from a veterinary surgical procedure that some may consider graphic. If you’re squeamish, don’t swipe! 🚨
Dr. Goggans performed an enucleation procedure on this cow back in November, and look at how beautiful the surgical site is healing up!
👀 Enucleation is a surgery by which a veterinarian removes an entire eyeball, but leaves the muscles and eye socket intact. Typically an enucleation is performed because of eye disease or a traumatic injury to the eye, which makes this procedure different from the Friday Eye-Day posts we’ve shared before now, where CLS vets cleaned and stitched up tissue around the eye due to wounds. In those cases, the eyes themselves were OK; only the sensitive areas around them were affected by a laceration or other injury.
This cow was enucleated due to a tumor in her eye. She has a young calf, and her owner wanted her to raise the calf before being considered for culling from the herd. Dr. Goggans has been monitoring her recovery progress, and the cow seems to have adjusted to her change in vision.
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