Mason went into surgery at the Phoenix Children's hospital around noon on Tuesday, June 17th. He handled all the prep work like a champ (as expected)! No eating since 6am that morning, getting screened and WAITING forever to be taken into surgery. This surgery was performed by the Anterior Eye Specialist Dr. Gross. I have mixed feelings about this surgeon. He's pretty good from what I can tell (I'm a total Eye expert now. LOL) He's just not the most personable Doctor... a little full of himself. During surgery they placed an artificial lens (one-sighted he'll be far sighted in his left eye) and fixed the iris. His Iris was damaged and torn in a couple placed from the trauma.
You can see how irregular shaped his pupil is (on top it's torn and there's a small black slit).
This screen keeps you updated and informed about the surgery. I spent LOTS of time just starring at it waiting for the words "procedure complete" to appear.
Post surgery
the drive home
Post-surgery eye.
His pupil is still a little large (it will always be bigger than the other eye's pupil) I'm thankful he has dark brown eyes and you can't really notice it. He is a little more sensitive to light because of the large pupil (sunglasses are totally his thing now!) My friend who is an RN informed me if he is ever admitted in the hospital for something else I need to let them know he already had different pupil sizes. I guess that's a sign of brain damage or something?
Arggggh. Pirate Mason had to wear his eye patch for about a week, and no swimming for about 2 weeks. Counting my blessings and crossing my fingers we won't have any more surgeries!
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