We brought Emily back to Westchester to have the stitches taken out and ended up leaving there with some discouraging news. Her eye pressure was elevated, which could mean she was developing Glaucoma. The cornea itself looked good, but her doctor wasn't sure if the pressure was elevated as a side effect of the steriod drops she was on, or if it was Glaucoma. So he gave us a prescription for Lumigan to try for a few weeks to see if it helped.
Bottom line...cornea ok, but possibly at the expense of her vision. Glaucoma steals your vision slowly. So even if she can see through a nice clear cornea, the increased pressure causes damage to the optic nerve and you go blind. Not what I wanted to hear.
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