Kyleigh is currently sound asleep and recovering from her first surgery. We arrived at 7:15 am for her surgery. She was taken back by 7:30 to the prep room. She was taken back for anesthesia at 8:45 am. The doctor came out at 10:30 to explain that her tear ducts were completely blocked and needed a lot of T.L.C. and irrigation. Originally the surgery was scheduled for the left eye but the left tear duct was more blocked and became irritated during irrigation. The doctor almost had to call the ENT to help clear the blockage but she was able to do it successfully given some extra time. We then gave clearance for the doctor to operate on the right eye this week so that the left side would have time to heal. The cataract removal surgery then took until 12:30pm. I was able to go to the recovery room soon afterwards and hold her while she slept. Dennis was able to come back shortly after that (around 1:30pm) and he was able to get her to start drinking pedialyte.
The hospital was out of beds on the regular floor so we were placed on the 5200 pediatric floor for patients with Bone Marrow Transplant. They are very cautious of disease on this floor and it is a very sterile room. It feels like I'm in a foreign land but the nurses are really nice and Kyleigh is getting great care. I can't wait to go home though.
She just took 1 oz of milk and is resting peacefully. I plan to try and rest soon myself. Just pray that we have a restful and easy night without any pain.
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I am glad things went so well, even with the last minute change. Amen!
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