Guest guest Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Hi all I just thought I'd let you know about Bipin's repeated surgery on his left eye. He's 2 1/2 now and had his first lid lift at Moorfields a year ago. Then in July he fell over and bumped his head which undid the sling on the left eye. Since then we've been going to Moorfields every few weeks to check on his eyesight development in his left eye and were advised a few weeks ago that it was not developing as well as it could be so they would redo the operation. So he had his repeat surgery a week ago. The whole experience this time was easier for all concerned, partly because he's a year older, but mostly because we knew what to expect so did not have that 'oh god what have we done to him' moment when he came out of the anaesthetic screaming his head off. He's been fine since, perfectly chirpy by the next day. His left eye is now quite a lot more open than the right which had dropped/settled quite a lot since the last op. We're expecting that to settle down a bit but not sure that they will look completely equal. He may still go on to have the permanent op in a couple of years time - where they use fascia from the thigh. But we've been told that there is no need as long as the temporary slings hold up. Our feeling has always been that we will do what we need to for his eyesight to develop but not worry about the cosmetic side of things. We didn't know that it was so easy for the slings to come undone - his fall was a big bump but not a major accident by any means - so feeling a little wary of him doing the same thing again. But then again he's a toddler and likes charging about so we also can't spend our lives worrying about it! Tessa (London, UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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