Teresita had glaucoma surgery on her left eye in mid-March. Her eye pressures weren't going down with the glaucoma medication she was on, so her doctor scheduled an eye exam under anesthesia to get a better look at what was going on. Based on the exam, she would decide if surgery was needed or not. The left eye has been worse than the right all along, so after measuring her eye pressures and getting a better look, the doctor decided to operate.
We were so thankful to have my mom be able to take care of Juan Pablo and Ana Luisa all day so that Jeff and I could be at the hospital together. It was an outpatient procedure, so we got to go home that same day, which was also a blessing. When we got up to recovery to see Teresita after she came out of surgery she was still fast asleep. She wasn't waking up, so we started changing her clothes and trying to give her a little juice. Nope. Everything was stable, so the nurse took out her IV, thinking that for sure would wake her up. Nope. Finally they just sent us home. I thought Teresita would wake up the second she was out of my arms and being buckled in her car seat but no. She slept through that, through coming home, through Jeff and I eating dinner.
My parents brought the kids back home at bedtime. When they walked in the door, Teresita didn't open her eyes, but she sat up in my arms and started reaching for Juan Pablo. I gave her to him, and she laid on him for at least a minute before reaching back for me.
And then she slept again until it was time for her follow up appointment the next morning.
I just love how much my kids love each other.
So far her eye seems to be healing well. It takes 8-10 weeks to heal fully, and we won't really know until then if the surgery was successful or not, but so far everything is looking good!
We were so thankful to have my mom be able to take care of Juan Pablo and Ana Luisa all day so that Jeff and I could be at the hospital together. It was an outpatient procedure, so we got to go home that same day, which was also a blessing. When we got up to recovery to see Teresita after she came out of surgery she was still fast asleep. She wasn't waking up, so we started changing her clothes and trying to give her a little juice. Nope. Everything was stable, so the nurse took out her IV, thinking that for sure would wake her up. Nope. Finally they just sent us home. I thought Teresita would wake up the second she was out of my arms and being buckled in her car seat but no. She slept through that, through coming home, through Jeff and I eating dinner.
My parents brought the kids back home at bedtime. When they walked in the door, Teresita didn't open her eyes, but she sat up in my arms and started reaching for Juan Pablo. I gave her to him, and she laid on him for at least a minute before reaching back for me.
I just love how much my kids love each other.
So far her eye seems to be healing well. It takes 8-10 weeks to heal fully, and we won't really know until then if the surgery was successful or not, but so far everything is looking good!
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