According to the ophthalmologist the surgery went very well. Carter had a difficult time in post-op, but after two rounds of narcotics we finally realized that it wasn't the pain that was bothering him. It was the blood pressure cuff, IV, and the rest of the cables attached to him. Hopefully this will be the last of the surgeries. As Angie and I walked the halls at Primary Children's, we felt very fortunate and blessed that of all the illnesses and diseases that we saw there, only one of our children had a disability limited only to his eyes. We empathize for those parents who have children with far more serious disabilities and feel that they are those who have been chosen for such a difficult situation.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Under the Knife-Again
For those of you who haven't noticed, Carter's eyes started crossing a few months after his first surgery. His ophthalmologist tried to correct it with "patching," but surgery soon became unavoidable. We took Carter up to Primary Children's Hospital on Wednesday. He needed to fast and they told us initially that he couldn't eat at all during the day of the surgery. Then we found out that his surgery wasn't scheduled until the middle of the afternoon. We didn't want to deal with a toddler who would fast for 20 hours. They agreed to let us feed him breakfast and he was fine the rest of the day until we hit the waiting room. We tried everything to distract him but each time he ran back to Angie's bag, looking for food, and saying, "eat, eat."
According to the ophthalmologist the surgery went very well. Carter had a difficult time in post-op, but after two rounds of narcotics we finally realized that it wasn't the pain that was bothering him. It was the blood pressure cuff, IV, and the rest of the cables attached to him. Hopefully this will be the last of the surgeries. As Angie and I walked the halls at Primary Children's, we felt very fortunate and blessed that of all the illnesses and diseases that we saw there, only one of our children had a disability limited only to his eyes. We empathize for those parents who have children with far more serious disabilities and feel that they are those who have been chosen for such a difficult situation.
According to the ophthalmologist the surgery went very well. Carter had a difficult time in post-op, but after two rounds of narcotics we finally realized that it wasn't the pain that was bothering him. It was the blood pressure cuff, IV, and the rest of the cables attached to him. Hopefully this will be the last of the surgeries. As Angie and I walked the halls at Primary Children's, we felt very fortunate and blessed that of all the illnesses and diseases that we saw there, only one of our children had a disability limited only to his eyes. We empathize for those parents who have children with far more serious disabilities and feel that they are those who have been chosen for such a difficult situation.
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3 comments:
Poor buddy....that just breaks my heart. I am glad it is not more serious, but still, I can't imagine how hard that would be. Hope he is feeling better.
Good luck you guys! You are so patient Angie, that would be hard to see you're little guy going through that. What great attitude's you have about all of this. Hope things turn out well.
Poor kid! I hope that everything turns out ok. He must be a trooper to go through all that.
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