Friday, April 30, 2010

Logan is going to have surgery on both his eyes in the next few weeks. We found a GREAT dr. who was amazing with Logan and made us feel very at ease. He will be put to sleep for the procedure, which should take 30-60 minutes. The doctor said to expect that he'll need multiple surgeries to completely correct his crossed eyes, but we aren't clear if that's over the next few months, or over the next few years. Of course we thought of the question as soon as we left his office.. :) If you want to check out exactly what the surgery entails, click on Dr. Silverman's link.

In order for Logan's eyes to be as healthy as possible for the surgery, he has to wear an eye patch for 2 hours/day. When we asked Dr. Silverman how we could possibly keep an eye patch on a 1 yr old, he said to buy pool floaties and put them on his arms so he can't reach his eyes! Ugh- it was awful! Here are a couple pictures of our first eye patch adventure:





When we switched to a "pirate-style" patch, things went MUCH, much better! He kept it on for over an hour.. without the floaties! I thought Brad was ridiculous for buying it.. but I ended up having to tell him he was right. I hate it when that happens.





2 comments:

Kim said...

I know how hard it must be to put Logan through this...but keep your focus on the GOOD it is doing for him....all for the good of a successful surgery in a few weeks. Poor little Logie Bear sure has a painful look on his face. Our prayers are with you as you get through this! Wish we could be there to help and support you!

Wendy said...

Look on the bright side, the Dr. could have given you an E-collar (cone) to put on him like they do with dogs and cats. =)