Follow Up

Thank you all so much for all of your prayers. We got through our busy week last week. Eli's procedure went well. We got to the surgery department of Children's at about 8:00 and had some waiting around. Then the anesthesiologist came and took him away. And we got to have one of those awesome Children's pagers that you get when your child has surgery, and had to go wait. Luckily this time around it wasn't a life or death situation so we weren't as freaked out when it went off. But he did well, and didn't have any adverse affects to the anesthesia. He also got a spinal block like an epidural to help with the pain after the surgery. He was initially uncomfortable and they gave him a small dose of morphine and he went right to sleep, after eating a bit. Then woke up and seemed great so they released us to go home. He seemed grumpy that day for awhile but by Friday seemed just fine. He still has some pretty dark bruising that the nurse told me was normal and sometimes his diaper will get stuck to a scab and cause bleeding. But for the most part everything seems fine and seems to be healing OK, and he doesn't seem too upset about it, which is good.

As for my eyes. There was not anything wrong with the placement of my lens. My eye just settled out a bit more stretched out than they would have wanted so the lens isn't sitting exactly where they had anticipated it to be, so that is what is causing the need for a small perscription. Needless to say, it really just opened up another can of worms as to what to do. I haven't decided if I want to do my left eye yet, given the trouble that i have had. But it would be nice to get it done with and not have to worry about it anymore. And also our deductible is met for the year so we won't have to pay for it out of pocket (except for the Toric lens charge). So financially it would be nice to have it done with. But I still have a fear of making my "good eye" into an eye that doesn't see as well as it does now.

The other interesting thing about doing it now is that the doctor said that I could get Lasics done free of charge to correct my vision if I want to, which I am thinking would be a good idea. But need to have it done within 6 months. So please pray again that I can make the right decision and that everything works out great!