Post Op Visit

Yesterday we went to visit with the surgeon. The doctor came to get us from the waiting room almost as soon as we got there. As soon as we got to the room, she took off his patch. We were amazed, there was no blood and it was barely pink. I was prepared for just about anything, so I was so happy to see him open his eye and it be as beautiful as I remembered.

She was very impressed with how minimal inflammation had occurred  She said the lens looked spectacular.

We tried to see how good his vision is with the new lens, but his patients were running thin at this point. The best read we were able to get was 20/70 which is where he was before. She said we would be able to correct his vision with the bifocals we will get him 4-6 weeks after his right eye surgery.

I was hoping Ashton's vision would of been instantly improved. I was thinking he would see brighter colors and his world would be more vibrant, but at this point there has not been that ah-ha moment. I'm not sure what to expect except I know his vision would of only continued to deteriorate if we had not of had the surgery.

Ashton was very excited to have the patch off of his eye. He was overall very cooperative at the appointment and we went home to fill his prescriptions. He has to have drops 10 times a day plus his patch and an ointment applied each night.

He is not very happy about the process. He tries so hard to be good through the drops, but he cannot stop from covering his eyes. Honestly, I could not place my hands by my side either if some one was going to put drops in them. So I have to gently sit on top of him to hold arms down and then I place the drop in the corner of the eye and then I carefully pull his eye lids apart so the drop goes into the eye. Then we play the tickle game since I already have him pegged on the floor and he seems happy afterwards. He is my Captain America!
Currently we are praising God for his faithfulness and grace he has poured out to us. Lamentations 3: 22-23 Msg "God's loyal love couldn't of run out, His mercies couldn't of dried up.They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I'm sticking with God." We are choosing to serve God in every aspect of our lives. Joshua 24:15.
Here is a picture as we were riding home in the car from the doctors office yesterday. He has on his headphones as he was watching Phineas and Ferb. Thank you for your continued prayers, we still have a long road of recovery and the next surgery is in 5 days.