The doctor used the "big machine" that Jacob was so in love with at his last appointment, so Jacob thought that was pretty cool. The doctor said that both his eyeballs are swollen, but obviously the left more than the right. He says it's not common but he's seen it before, thinks it's most likely due to the incisions in his eyes. There's chroma-someething in the sutures and his eyes are probably just having a reaction to them. He says it's nothing to worry about, his eyeballs themselves aren't being harmed, they're just very swollen (the eyes themselves are really puffy, especially where it's orange, it actually comes out and over his eyelid...yucky...). The constant dripping of tears: his eyes are so swollen that they're basically closing off access to the tear ducts, so there's nowhere else for the water to go but down his cheeks. We are to continue with the oral antibiotic, the new eye drops as well as the first prescribed eye drops. He'd like to see him on Monday or Tuesday so he can keep a close watch on him, but thinks that everything will be fine. WHEW! What a relief...
In the meantime, we are to continue with all the prescriptions, don't make him wear his glasses, keeping him upright is helpful, no need to prohibit him from TV or computer - let him do whatever he feels like he can. We'll be keeping him from church tomorrow, it's hard enough for US to look at, I'd imagine it would be all the harder for 5 & 6 year olds! So we need to find a nursery volunteer to fill in for one of us. And if it's not much better by Monday, we're just going to keep him home from school until it clears up a bit. It'd be too hard for him, and hard for his classmates.
So there ya have it, yet another update, more to come... Oh yeah, and the doctor let him help feed the fish! (it's this mega cool fishtank that has all the Nemo characters in it, so that was VERY fun for Jacob!)
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I can't believe he is smiling...he has a tear running down his cheek. Oh, that is so hard to look at and yet HE is the one going through it. He is so brave and so patient!! I am so sorry his recovery has been this difficult & am praying these antibiotics kick those yuckies right out of him. Hang in there Matt & Denise. You are doing such a great job.
What a relief. I'm so glad his eyes are o.k. The tear down his cheek was so sad though. He is smiling, that's good. Those fish tanks are super mega cool. Oh, and I love your medical terminology and explanation. Is that what the doctor called it?
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