Two Week Update

It's been two weeks now and the "drops" I have to put in his eyes is really an ointment. It's called "Refresh PM." It's a pain because whenever he sees the stuff coming toward his eyes, he squints them shut, and I end up getting the ointment on his eyelashes instead of his eye. But after a little stuggle I usually get it in. And it's not that much of a pain because I only have to do it a few times a day.

Did you notice I said he squints his eye shut? It closes a lot more than I thought it would. He can squint it completely shut. When he sleeps it still is slightly open, but not too much. A lot less then right after his surgery. And when he is tired it looks like his left eye is the one that has a problem because it is closed and the right eye stays open. Overall, though, he looks a lot cuter. If he is awake and looking up or forward, you can't even tell he ever had a problem. I do try to keep his face out of the wind more and ease him into brighter light so his eye can adjust, but it seem to bother me more than him.

His right eye is still swollen but it is not surgery related. Who knows if they will ever figure out what is causing that.

I keep reminding myself is that this surgery was just to get his eye open so his vision could develop. I am going to go over all the surgery options with the surgeon before doing the permenant proceduce to see if there is one that will let his eye open and close more naturally.

We are having our post-op follow-up appointment November 19th so I will post more then.