5 Weeks Post-Op

We are now 5 weeks out from Emily's last cornea surgery and so far so good. We had our regular appointment with Dr. Zaidman yesterday. We sat in the waiting room for about 2 1/2 hours before we were seen, which isn't a surprise, but we haven't waited that long in quite a while. I know it's worth the wait to see him and have him make sure everything looks ok, but with Emmy walking now it's so hard to keep her occupied for that long. Next time I'm going to pack a bag full of really noisy toys and maybe that will get us out of the waiting room faster! (yeah right). I have to remind myself that Cornea Transplants and Glaucoma are not common in babies or children. I am usually the only one there with a baby or young child, everyone else is probably at least over 60. We are the rare case, the exception to the rule.

We were seen by one of the resident doctors first, she didn't do much other than look in her eyes with a light and go over her medications...then we were shuffled into the back of the office with the other 6 or 7 people already waiting there. Because of her stroller, I had to stand in the hallway and chase her around...ugh.

Finally it was our turn and Dr. Zaidman came in and examined her. He could see that her left cornea was very clear and looked great. Her lens implant also looked very good. We talked about her appointment with Dr. Kane just 2 days before and he agreed that if he felt that implanting a second valve would be the best option for her right now that it was his call and he was ok with it. He did mention that he would email Dr. Kane and ask him if using either Pilocarpine, Phosphone Iodide or Azopt in addition to the other two Glaucoma drops she is already on would be an option. Apparently some doctors don't like to use Azopt when a patient has had a cornea transplant, but he felt it was worth mentioning to him. For right now none of her medications have changed and her eye drop schedule will stay the same. I guess that's good since it's so hard to keep track of everything as it is.

We also talked about timing of the surgery since he wants to bring her in possibly in August to remove the stitches. That was all left up in the air for right now and will depend on when Dr. Kane wants to do the Glaucoma surgery. We scheduled the next appointment for the Monday after we come back from vacation, so I will get a 2 week reprieve from her doctors visits. Unfortunately the rest of my summer will be spent in doctors offices and hospitals for the second year in a row...