Riley's Eye Surgery

Riley's eyes had become very crossed this year. She got glasses the first part of April. But through the summer, we realized the glasses weren't helping and her eyes were getting worse. We went to Dr. Elliott in Pocatello, an ophthalmologist. He said her muscles were too tight in her eyes and that it would require surgery. If not, she would lose vision in one of her eyes. I was shocked. I didn't think it would require surgery.

 

To any parent who has to watch a child go through surgery, I have a whole new empathy for you. And Riley's surgery wasn't even bad. It was an outpatient surgery and she stayed at the center for an hour and then came home with us.  She SCREAMED when she woke up from the anesthesia and her eyes hurt for a few days. But by the next morning, she was her same old self!  Her eyes were red, RED. Her cousin Elliott saw her and said, "Riley, tree frogs have red eyes." And that was it. And they went off playing.

At her post-surgery exam, things looked really good. The doc said that she wouldn't need her glasses for now...they weren't really helping in the first place. Her eyes are straight on right now. We find out for sure after Valentine's Day, but things look really good.