Eye-yi-YI!

After all my threats to David to get him to wear his eye patch every day..."Do you want to have your eyes cut open?".... it happened. We went in for a check up about 5 months ago and the doc determined that indeed David should have surgery to correct his eyes from turning.

Long story short, after David found out and was reassured it wouldn't be all that bad, he was fine with it. (According to the doc, David would be up and running around the next day... and he was) We went in for surgery on December 23. The benefit of having surgery so close to Christmas is TOYS! When we checked in, Andy selected a set of lincoln logs, and as we walked out the door, we were given a basketball/ball toss game. SCORE!

It was a long day at Children's Hospital... mostly waiting. By the time David actually went in for surgery, he was asking to get it done and over with. We said goodbye and he walked off with the nurse without even a goodbye or a look back. The doc said he climbed right up on the O.R. bed and was anxious to go. After they put him under, the nurse was admiring his beautiful, long eyelashes. Apparently she even called some of the other nurses in to look at them. The surgery took about 20-25 minutes. They had to detach the muscles of the eyes and reattach them so they won't pull outward. David took a while to wake up after they were done. About 2 hours after surgery and recuperation, we were headed out the door. He had done PERFECTLY! We went back to the doc a few days later and he said David's eyes look really good. We go back in another month for a check up, but the doc thinks he probably won't need any additional surgery as some do, and best of all? NO MORE GLASSES!!! Yahoo-y! In truth, I will miss the glasses. He looked so smart, and so handsome.

In some of these pictures his eyes look black. They never were. They are/were just blood red. He went back to school with red eyes and loads of questions, but he has taken it all in stride. He is a pretty great boy! And FYI, his eyes are getting less red daily. A few more weeks and it should be gone completely. Thank you Dr. Henry O'Halloran!