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!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Color Me Happy
Chloe got her first set of markers over the weekend. We went back to the store and got some crayons too because of this:
You can't really see it here, but she was multicolored by the time we were done. Good thing it was bath night!
Ok, here's Chloe "making her mark on the world".
This one is mostly her work
and this one mostly mommy and daddy's work while trying to get her to do her work.
On a different note of color... bum bum bum BUUUMMMM! Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... Chloe's first set of painted toe nails!
Snacks worked wonders for getting her to sit still.
And before coming to a close, a small preview of what she'll be wearing at her birthday party. It's way cuter in person by the way.
You can't really see it here, but she was multicolored by the time we were done. Good thing it was bath night!
Ok, here's Chloe "making her mark on the world".
This one is mostly her work
and this one mostly mommy and daddy's work while trying to get her to do her work.
On a different note of color... bum bum bum BUUUMMMM! Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... Chloe's first set of painted toe nails!
Snacks worked wonders for getting her to sit still.
And before coming to a close, a small preview of what she'll be wearing at her birthday party. It's way cuter in person by the way.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Chole's Surgery
Yesterday we had a very busy morning. It was the day of Chloe's surgery and she couldn't have anything to eat after 4 am. So mommy got up at 3:30 (it's not like I was really sleeping anyway) and nursed her so she could have something in her stomach and wouldn't be super cranky at the hospital. We both went back to bed after she was done, but for mommy it was only an hour. Kris and I had to get up at 5 to get ready and be there by 6:30.
Chloe in the waiting room.
One more goopy eye picture!
Thankfully we were the first case for our surgeon and were escorted into the exam room rather shortly.
Chloe in her WAY too big gown.
After 4, count 'em 4, exams (2 nurses, the anesthesia nurse practitioner, and the anesthesiologist) we got our bracelets and began the wait for our surgeon, Dr. Hug.
"Look mommy, Lovey gets a bracelet too!"
After Dr. Hug FINALLY arrived and she gave Chloe yet another exam, the wait began for her to be taken back to surgery.
Dr. Hug put a mark above the eye that was to be probed. We called it her "branding".
After a few minutes we headed down the hall and we had to hand her over to the nurse (one of the hardest things I've ever had to do) and we headed down to the waiting room. We parted at 7:54am, her surgery ended at 8:09am, we talked to Dr. Hug a few minutes after that, and we were with her in recovery by 8:30ish. When we got there she was doing great! She had already downed a bottle of half-strength apple juice and I fed her another while talking to the nurse, but she was still a VERY hungry baby. She was able to get some cinnamon teddy grams while I finished listening to discharge information and then we got to go home.
Eating a snack in the car.
Her blood-tinged, teary eye at home.
She took a good nap after eating some breakfast and woke up more rambunctious than she's been in the whole 1st year of her life!
I want to thank all who were praying for us and Chloe yesterday, and ask you to keep us in your prayers. Yesterday evening, her eye started getting goopy again and was goopy this morning when she woke up. Children's Mercy said to just watch it today and if it keeps up, call the ophthalmology clinic again. If she were to be in the 10% that this procedure doesn't work on, then she would have to have to probe, but with a stent (or stint or however it's pronounced and spelled). I'll keep you all updated on that. I have some cute pictures of some stuff we did over the weekend I'll post later as well.
Chloe in the waiting room.
One more goopy eye picture!
Thankfully we were the first case for our surgeon and were escorted into the exam room rather shortly.
Chloe in her WAY too big gown.
After 4, count 'em 4, exams (2 nurses, the anesthesia nurse practitioner, and the anesthesiologist) we got our bracelets and began the wait for our surgeon, Dr. Hug.
"Look mommy, Lovey gets a bracelet too!"
After Dr. Hug FINALLY arrived and she gave Chloe yet another exam, the wait began for her to be taken back to surgery.
Dr. Hug put a mark above the eye that was to be probed. We called it her "branding".
After a few minutes we headed down the hall and we had to hand her over to the nurse (one of the hardest things I've ever had to do) and we headed down to the waiting room. We parted at 7:54am, her surgery ended at 8:09am, we talked to Dr. Hug a few minutes after that, and we were with her in recovery by 8:30ish. When we got there she was doing great! She had already downed a bottle of half-strength apple juice and I fed her another while talking to the nurse, but she was still a VERY hungry baby. She was able to get some cinnamon teddy grams while I finished listening to discharge information and then we got to go home.
Eating a snack in the car.
Her blood-tinged, teary eye at home.
She took a good nap after eating some breakfast and woke up more rambunctious than she's been in the whole 1st year of her life!
I want to thank all who were praying for us and Chloe yesterday, and ask you to keep us in your prayers. Yesterday evening, her eye started getting goopy again and was goopy this morning when she woke up. Children's Mercy said to just watch it today and if it keeps up, call the ophthalmology clinic again. If she were to be in the 10% that this procedure doesn't work on, then she would have to have to probe, but with a stent (or stint or however it's pronounced and spelled). I'll keep you all updated on that. I have some cute pictures of some stuff we did over the weekend I'll post later as well.
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