Andrew's surgery went very well! The doctor said things went exactly as he'd hoped and we should get a good result. Andrew's eye is still swollen and bruised, but that improves every day. When we took the bandage off about 8 hours after the surgery, it looked really good and even Andrew noticed that his eyes "matched."
I'll describe as best I can what the doctor did. It's called a Levator Resection. The muscle that lifts your eyelid is called the levator. Andrew's levator barely has any function and will not get any better. The doctor went in and took out a small portion of the levator to make it shorter therefore raising the eyelid (like taking up the hem). He also took out a sliver of the eyelid itself so that excess lid tissue wouldn't prevent the eye from opening to its maximum ability. The stitches are absorbable and the scar will be in the crease of his lid.
Thank you all so much for your prayers and thoughts for Andrew and us. We were turning onto our street Tuesday afternoon and I said I was so thankful to God for a safe trip and a successful surgery. Andrew said "Yeah, God and Jesus were right there with me! I'm so proud of them!"
More soon!
I'll describe as best I can what the doctor did. It's called a Levator Resection. The muscle that lifts your eyelid is called the levator. Andrew's levator barely has any function and will not get any better. The doctor went in and took out a small portion of the levator to make it shorter therefore raising the eyelid (like taking up the hem). He also took out a sliver of the eyelid itself so that excess lid tissue wouldn't prevent the eye from opening to its maximum ability. The stitches are absorbable and the scar will be in the crease of his lid.
Thank you all so much for your prayers and thoughts for Andrew and us. We were turning onto our street Tuesday afternoon and I said I was so thankful to God for a safe trip and a successful surgery. Andrew said "Yeah, God and Jesus were right there with me! I'm so proud of them!"
More soon!
2 comments:
I still cannot believe how much AJ looks like Marc! That is amazing.
I dont think my kids look like me at all-----not like that anyway!
I am glad he felt the prayers from everyone and that he was safe!
I am so thankful that Andrew came out of the surgery GREAT! He is so cute :)
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