So a quick update: the vet called me before taking Schuyler to surgery to discuss whether we should do it at this time. He absolutely agrees that the eye has to be removed, but after observing Schuyler in the crate and examining the eye further, he’s hopeful that we might be able to wait another couple of weeks (he’s hoping for a month), so that Schuyler is bigger and better able to handle the surgery. He said although there are blood vessels to the eye, he doesn’t think there are any nerve endings left, which is why Schuyler doesn’t squint the eye or keep it closed; he literally just doesn’t feel it.
So we agreed to push it off a bit longer. He said that if the eye starts to ‘melt’ (his word, not mine, and no, I’m NOT going to Google it!) then to call his cell phone and we’d do it right then, but we’re hoping to wait just a couple more weeks at least.