Arrrrrrr, matey...or what the &?#! is on my eye...

Isaak's surgery, besides being SIGNIFICANTLY more involved than we had hoped, went pretty well. This is little guy on Friday when he came home. He was grumpy and mostly very sleepy as the anesthesia worked it's way out of his system, but overall well behaved.

He went to the clinic for a followup yesterday morning to have the patch removed and make sure everything was stable. Below is a shot from the afternoon. Honestly, his eye looked much better than we expected. Up close, it looks pretty rough with substantial blood and you can see the gas bubble they injected (it looks like a bubble level for a tripod). You really can't tell that his lens is gone.

So for the next few days, we have to follow a strict regimen of 3 different eye drops (dilator, steroid and pressure) and antibiotic ointment. Some of them are applied up to 4 times a day. Fun? Not really. Though he does seem to be getting a bit better at tolerating the application.

Overnight, he gets to wear an eye patch to keep him from scratching at his eye. He's not a bad little patient at all. (Cute too).

Thursday is the follow up appointment at Duke and we'll see where we go from there.