Our little patient's red eyes are starting to look better 4-5 days on from the 360 degree trabeculectomy. Over the weekend Aaron's eyes were dark, blood red and now he looks a bit like he's been swimming in chlorine without goggles. In his irises you can see little flecks in his eyes like most people have, hopefully because the cloudiness in his corneas is clearing? (Our unofficial observations, the poor kid must be sick of us staring at him like a specimen)
The ibuprofen seems to have really helped as he was engaged in play most of yesterday, crawling backwards, chewing and just watching the world around him. Lots of squeals and giggles towards evening and we managed to get him down at 7 pm in his cot, so almost his normal bedtime routine. No bath as we'd had to give him one in the morning (strawberries for breakfast ended up everywhere) but he got his usual songs and stories, which knocked him out till midnight and then he fed and slept until 05:30!!
A banner night for Aaron on any given day, let alone less than a week after major surgery. I don't know if it's been his congenital glaucoma that's made him a sometimes night owl so far or it's just his nature but either way we were ecstatic to get more than two hours of consecutive sleep. Happy days. :)
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