Vets unable to diagnose discharge

Hello everyone, thanks in advance for your help. I will make a long story short: April 2021: stray kitten appears at my home. Of course, I take it in! He was scrawny and had some small, swollen eyes. As he got older, his eyes developed but they still had this squint to them. Every now and then, he'd get a hard wax that develops over the eyes but especially the left eye, resulting in his eyes becoming swollen and him in visisble discomfort. However, this discharge can also be runny/soft as is presently the case for about two days now. I have brought him to two vets (the best in my country and there aren't that many vets to begin with) and they both said that they don't see anything wrong. Something is wrong. Can someone please tell me what is wrong with him and what medication I should get him? One of the vets had also prescribed him Ciprofloxacin antibiotic eyedrops but I was unable to give it to him for 7 days as prescribed, as he wouldn't stay put. This medication was prescribed several months ago. A few days ago, the hard wax appeared at the top of the lid and now, he has runny wax.  Please help my boy. His name is Scruffy. Thank you.

Hi - diagnosis isn't always the most important thing in veterinary medicine; it doesn't matter if a vet  can't name a disease right away, so long as they know what to do next in order to help. It sounds as though your vet did have a plan to help and in fact, prescribed treatment, but the treatment was never delivered.  Applying eye-drops can be difficult in cats.  However, the vet probably assumed that you had given the treatment and that the eye had got better.  If feedback ('I can't put the drops in - please will you help me?') is not provided, then they can't very well modify the plan. A lot of time has now passed.  The sore eyes may have acquired different or permanent changes, so they really do need to be reassessed by a vet before anything else.  Bad eyes should, indeed, always be treated as emergencies. We would suggest that you return to the vets as a matter of urgency, explain what happened and ask what their new reccommend action is.  They may still need you to apply eye drops; in this case, please ask them to demonstrate and help you to practise,so to that this is acheived. Pain relief can also be very important. Best of luck.