Gavin has being seeing a Pediatric Opthomaligist since he was 9 months old. Since I stay home with him, I was noticing differently about his eyes. It turns out that he has strambimus. When getting older it was getting better and better until now. Not for the worse but can get worse if we didn't do anything about it. His vision is good, doctor recommend that since he's young (2 years old) it would be better. He recommend to get surgery before he turned 5. It would be hard on him especially for school. He would have to concentrate to get the eye looking straight and it could hurt his little brain. My husband and I did some research and spoken to allot of people that regret NOT getting surgery when they were young. It lead them to become blind or have a blur vision on the eye. We didn't want that for our little boy. Especially, regretting not given him the surgery and be mad at us for not having it done. So, we thought it long and hard and went ahead to agree to have the surgery. We spoke with the doctor and asked ALLOT of questions. What are the risk? Have you had anybody become blind after surgery? Can he loose his vision? Will he need surgery again? I had to ask a silly question, will he loose his color eyes? Which are blue. Just questions every parent would ask about their child. It's a scary feeling. Tust me. My husband and I cried like a baby that day. What other way can we could we have done it. My husband was taking this pretty hard and serious. Everytime he looked at Gavin, I would see tears running down his face. It hadn't hit me yet until the days were getting closer and closer. We had to be strong for our son and we had to keep in our minds that this is something minor than what other children are going thru.
The day of his surgery, my husband and I prayed ALLOT. We cried like a baby, telling each other that it's going to be okay and that he's going to pull thru. We had our parents there and they were a shoulder to lean on other that each other. Our little boy was a trooper through out this ordeal. The doctor, anesthesia, nurses and staff were awesome! They did everything to make him feel comfortable. And us as well. Well the procedure took 30 mins (Thank God) and the doctor said he DID GREAT! The nurse took us both back to the recovery area and sat us down and told us try not to touch him that much to let him wake up on his own so that way he won't be to scared of where he's at. Sitting there seeing him with the oxygen mask and an iv through his little hand was something that I never wanted to see on my baby boy. I tried not to cry. I was rubbing my finger on his his little hand while he was laying there.....asleep. While we were waiting, my husband asked the nurse "Will he be able to eat and what can he eat"? Once he mentioned Mac-n-cheese, guess who woke up? GAVIN!! Oh my, was I HAPPY to see him and his poor little eyes were so red. I wanted to cry, but I didn't want my son to see me and get scared. So there I was comforting him in every way that I could. While in recovery, he ate 8 Popsicles!! 8!!! he was spoiled by the nurses with those darn Popsicles. But hey, those helped him relax.
Going on week one with recovery and went to re-visit the doctor and he said that his eyes are right on target and looking great. I'm noticing that they're getting straight. The redness has gone done. Little by little we go outside and let him play...but not too rough. He can't go swimming or play roughness for at least two weeks. Me as a mom, I'll make it 3 weeks just to make sure he'll be okay. He's been sleeping with us. I know, I know, he's going to get used to it. Before he's surgery, he's been sleeping in his room, but will crawl into our bed in the middle of the night. I didn't want him to bump into anything if he was to sleep in his own bed. But hopefully I will get him into his routine back again. I will post pictures soon and will keep you updated. My husband and I want to Thank to those who prayed for Gavin and for his speedy recovery.
God Bless you all!
The day of his surgery, my husband and I prayed ALLOT. We cried like a baby, telling each other that it's going to be okay and that he's going to pull thru. We had our parents there and they were a shoulder to lean on other that each other. Our little boy was a trooper through out this ordeal. The doctor, anesthesia, nurses and staff were awesome! They did everything to make him feel comfortable. And us as well. Well the procedure took 30 mins (Thank God) and the doctor said he DID GREAT! The nurse took us both back to the recovery area and sat us down and told us try not to touch him that much to let him wake up on his own so that way he won't be to scared of where he's at. Sitting there seeing him with the oxygen mask and an iv through his little hand was something that I never wanted to see on my baby boy. I tried not to cry. I was rubbing my finger on his his little hand while he was laying there.....asleep. While we were waiting, my husband asked the nurse "Will he be able to eat and what can he eat"? Once he mentioned Mac-n-cheese, guess who woke up? GAVIN!! Oh my, was I HAPPY to see him and his poor little eyes were so red. I wanted to cry, but I didn't want my son to see me and get scared. So there I was comforting him in every way that I could. While in recovery, he ate 8 Popsicles!! 8!!! he was spoiled by the nurses with those darn Popsicles. But hey, those helped him relax.
Going on week one with recovery and went to re-visit the doctor and he said that his eyes are right on target and looking great. I'm noticing that they're getting straight. The redness has gone done. Little by little we go outside and let him play...but not too rough. He can't go swimming or play roughness for at least two weeks. Me as a mom, I'll make it 3 weeks just to make sure he'll be okay. He's been sleeping with us. I know, I know, he's going to get used to it. Before he's surgery, he's been sleeping in his room, but will crawl into our bed in the middle of the night. I didn't want him to bump into anything if he was to sleep in his own bed. But hopefully I will get him into his routine back again. I will post pictures soon and will keep you updated. My husband and I want to Thank to those who prayed for Gavin and for his speedy recovery.
God Bless you all!
