Thursday, May 6, 2010

Huge Praise!

I know, I know. Posting 3 days in a row is a bit much to hear from me, but I couldn't helping blogging about this huge praise!
Ok, here it is...
Most of you that read this blog or know us well heard that Chloe had surgery on her eye Monday morning to fix her blocked tear duct (thanks again for all the prayers). They said that her eyes would be a little tearful and red for a little while after, so I was expecting that, but by Monday evening the tearfulness turned into a little bit of gunk. Seeing this was very disheartening to me because we had the surgery to fix this problem. The next day Children's Mercy called to check on her and they said to watch it and if it continues to call the eye clinic to see if it's normal or not. So that's what I did. On Tuesday at first it didn't seem too bad, but after she woke up from her nap it continued to get gunky more often and in greater amounts. Wednesday morning I called the clinic and told them about it and they forwarded my question to Dr. Hug. So while waiting to hear something back I began to read a little about what a stent is, which is what she would have to get if the initial surgery didn't work. THAT was a BIG mistake. I had no idea that a stent was a small, silicone tube that was inserted into the duct and left in for 6-12 mo, and then another procedure to remove it had to be done as well. That was a scary thought for me.
Well, a couple of hours ago I got a phone call from Dr. Hug and she gave me the best piece of news I could ask for! She said that a little discharge is normal and nothing to worry about. Some even better news is that the discharge, at least today, hasn't been a problem really at all! I'm so excited I can barely stop smiling even while typing this post! My God is SO GOOD, and to finally see an end in sight to the gunky eyes is a big relief and huge answer to prayer!

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