Well we made it through Reed's second surgery. He did such a great job with not being able to eat all morning. Reed goes to sleep around 7pm and has his last bottle between 6:30-7. He sleeps until 6-6:30am so he had not eaten for nearly 15 hrs by the time he came out of surgery. If you recall, Reed woke up "ballistic" (to quote the nurse) last time and we never even made it to recovery before she ran into the room with him. He did much better this time. He didn't wake up directly after the surgery and we were called back to recovery about 20 minutes after the surgeon reviewed the results of the surgery with us. Reed was crying as we walked into recovery but as soon as I held him he stopped. We gave him some apple juice and once the nurse was convinced he was going to keep it down, we were moved back to his regular room. Here, Reed promptly fell asleep. He slept for almost an hour and when he woke up we were discharged. When we got home he had a bottle and then slept for another 2.5 hrs.
His eye is scary red again and this time he has had some bloody tears as well (all normal side effects of the surgery), but other than being a little more sleepy than usual, he is no worse for the wear. Praise the Lord for another successful surgery. We'll have a follow up appointment in 3 months and hopefully the doctor will like what he sees. Reed needs to continue to wear the eye patch until a month before our follow up visit, but now only 1 hr a day instead of 2. This will just continue to strengthen the vision in his left eye.
Hanging out before surgery.
You like my gown?
Silly face.
Surgery's over. Time for a nap.
Thanks for the prayers all. We are so blessed.
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