Eye Surgery

Dr Demer, Noah's wonderful eye doctor told me at his last appt before John returned home that he thought that Noah would benefit from a major reconstruction of his upper and lower eyes muscles.  He told me that it could wait until John got home, so thats what we did. We found out on Sept 1 2010, that Noah would go in for surgery on Sept 8, 2010. At the Jules Stein Eye Institute, at 9am.

Noah pre-op....
He was a trooper like everything else that he has had to endure. He was happy, even though he was tired and I am sure hungry (he couldn't eat anything after midnight the night before)

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Noah's Anesthesiologist. He was also his anesthesiologist on his first MRI

Them taking him into surgery. The surgery was suppose to start at 9, but didn't start until 11. John and I went and got lunch and the we start the LONG wait.

I think it was the LONGEST wait in history. I am sure that every parent feels that way about their kid in surgery. Although Dr Demer did say confidently, that they would be out in less than 1.5 hrs. When the surgery ended up taking almost 2.5. The extra time made it hard to breathe!! When he came out of surgery he understandably was not the same happy camper that he normally is. He was tired, hungry, and in pain. We spent the next few hrs in recovery. They wanted to make sure that he was ok, he won't really wake up long enough for them to figure out if he was recovering well. Finally they decided to release him, although he had not drank anything, or would wake up for more than a few minutes, and those minutes were spent screaming his head off. Around 4 they released us to go home with strict instructions to watch him, and if he acted weird AT ALL to take him to the nearest ER. He slept the whole way home and most of the rest of the day and night. Waking up every so often for 15-20, watch some TV. Then fall back asleep. John and I slept on the couches and Noah slept on the floor the whole night

Noah was back to his happy self the day after the surgery. He was even trying to walk!!! Here is a picture of his eyes Day 1

Day 2

John's plan was to take a picture every day until they were no longer red. That didn't happen. But about a week or so after the surgery the redness had went almost completely away. We saw Dr Demer saw Noah on Sept 28 and said that the surgery was more successful than he could of hoped for. YAY!!!

He is already doing better and looking straighter. He seems a little more stable on his feet and seems to have an easier time seeing. I am so happy that he was able to get this surgery, and that all went well.