First Surgery Tomorrow

Kyleigh is scheduled to arrive at Duke tomorrow morning at 7:15 am. She will have her tear ducts flushed and then the cataract removed from her left eye. The reason for flushing her tear ducts is because they have become clogged and could hold bacteria that might cause a bad infection in the eye if not treated and flushed first before removing the cataract. 

Of course as with any surgeries there are risks of complications. We are trusting that God will have his hand on Kyleigh and lead the anesthesiologists and doctors to take good care of Kyleigh so that complications are minimized. One complication that is most prevalent after such a surgery is childhood glaucoma. Kaitlyn has this in her left eye and is treated with eye drops daily. We are praying that this will be something that Kyleigh will not have to go through and that the removal of the cataract will be the only problem with her eyes. 

I will be staying the night with Kyleigh at the hospital and Dennis will return home to spend the night with Kaitlyn. 

We appreciate all of the prayers prior to surgery, during surgery and after surgery during her recovery period. We will update as soon as we can by phone or on the blog Thursday.