You are Athanasius! You are willing to fight a losing battle, just to make sure that the truth is told. But don't get discouraged; sometimes it takes more than one lifetime for truth to triumph.
We have been putting both antibiotic ointment and atropine in Cuthbert's sore eye, treating the ulcer more aggressively as our vet indicated. His eye is swollen shut now most of the time, though. I wonder if this is because the medicine is really affecting the ulcer. Or are we just making it worse? If he isn't showing some improvement by the morning, I'm going to call the vet, and may go charging off there if I don't get a confident response. Your prayers for Cuthbert would be greatly appreciated.