Post-Op: Part 2
Yeap, it's been two weeks since the last post. I checked with Ava, she said that was OK becuase we've got alot of good stuff to share. So it's been worth the wait.
On Monday July 17th, Ava went in for surgery on her left eye. The procedure went fine, there were no problems. The whole day was alot easier on Cathy and I. We didn't cry and we knew what to expect. It's never a good thing when your child goes under the knife, but we were glad that we were ablw to deal with things alot better. Ava seemed to do alot better too; she seemed less groggy coming out of anethesia and was ready to eat right away. She had another week with the eye patch, this time on her left eye and of course the medications continued as normal. Ava's been taking two eye drops and two meds by mouth. She's done great for the most part, but sometimes she just nails her eyes shut and there's no getting in. They say that infants are able to squeeze their eyes closed harder than toddlers can.
This photo was taken at the hospital in surgery pre-op just before they took here back. The nurse had me write "yes" above her left eye as matter of procedure. Once she told me what to do and handed me the pen, I was like "WHAT!!". But eh, so I got to write on my daughter's face, I'm sure she'll return the favor one day.
Yes, Yep, Yeah, Uh Huh
That night Ava and I had a good 'ole time. With her right eye patch off now, she was looking around and seeing the world un-obstructed for the first time. She's asleep because she took one look at me and passed out!
On Monday July 17th, Ava went in for surgery on her left eye. The procedure went fine, there were no problems. The whole day was alot easier on Cathy and I. We didn't cry and we knew what to expect. It's never a good thing when your child goes under the knife, but we were glad that we were ablw to deal with things alot better. Ava seemed to do alot better too; she seemed less groggy coming out of anethesia and was ready to eat right away. She had another week with the eye patch, this time on her left eye and of course the medications continued as normal. Ava's been taking two eye drops and two meds by mouth. She's done great for the most part, but sometimes she just nails her eyes shut and there's no getting in. They say that infants are able to squeeze their eyes closed harder than toddlers can.
This photo was taken at the hospital in surgery pre-op just before they took here back. The nurse had me write "yes" above her left eye as matter of procedure. Once she told me what to do and handed me the pen, I was like "WHAT!!". But eh, so I got to write on my daughter's face, I'm sure she'll return the favor one day.
That night Ava and I had a good 'ole time. With her right eye patch off now, she was looking around and seeing the world un-obstructed for the first time. She's asleep because she took one look at me and passed out!
posted by The Zimmermans @ 9:30 PM
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