1. We needed to make the decision about doing the surgery and have it done asap because the longer we waited the less likely Peanut’s vision would return.

2. We were told by Sisler that “he loves Shih Tzus” and that “Shih Tzus make great candidates for this surgery.”

3. Sisler quoted a 90% success rate. We should have never believed him. Dr. Lindley herself had said that her experience told her the success rate was more like 60%. And over years of meeting and connecting with other clients of Eye Care for Animals, we have NEVER heard of a successful retina reattachment surgery performed by Steve Sisler. In fact, we’ve had the opposite experience.

4. He told us about three possible problems with the surgery:
   1. cataracts
   2. vision may not return despite a successful reattachment of the retina
   3. a small bubble of silicone oil that could be removed in a follow up procedure

On April 10 of 2014, Sisler performed retina reattachment surgery on Peanut’s eye. Within 48 hours after the surgery, the inside corner of Peanut’s eye begins to bulge forward.  This was the beginning of a nightmare that would continue for more than a year — a year of three eye ulcers, a second emergency surgery, periods of blindness, glaucoma, and eventually permanent blindness.