Surgery #1
Cardinal Cadette came through her first cataract surgery just fine on Thursday afternoon. We were home a little after 9:00 on Friday morning. (Because of her young age, we have to stay overnight so they can make sure she tolerated the anesthesia okay.) Her doctor (who I really like) keeps saying, “She did great.” Of course, he also keeps reminding me that this is just the beginning “of an 8-10 year mountain climb” of which this surgery is the easiest part. Friday morning, when he did her post-op check, he volunteered to put in her first dose of drops for the day (she has to use four different drops) and showed me some tricks for getting them in, so my technique is definitely getting better now.
Next week we do it all again on the left eye.
Fortunately her doctor says “no harm, no foul” if she doesn’t keep her eye shield on — because it keeps coming off!
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