Ophthalmology Post-Op Visit

Ethan had his Ophthalmology post-op visit today. The doctor was very pleased with how his eye looks (again, apologies for lack of pictures to date).

Patching and eyeglasses most likely will not start until he is between 2-3 years of age. The doctor said to come back in 6 months and they will administer another eye exam just to see how his vision is coming along and I suppose at that point we will begin to discuss the plan for starting patching and glasses.

The doctor felt that there was little point in starting the patching and glasses now as Ethan would probably just rip them (patch and/or glasses) off anyway and given where he is developmentally with regard to his visual acuity, there would be little benefit (he is still of the age where his lack of visual acuity outweighs the effect of his astigmatism).

We also had a visit from General Surgery to examine how his G-Tube hole is coming along. They were also very pleased with his progress. There still seems to be a very small hole (when we change the dressing, there is still a tiny dot on it) so they said to simply give it more time (up to one month more). If at that point, it still has not closed up completely, then surgery would be required to close it up - but since the hole is so small, there is no urgency to the surgery and it could be done at any time/at our discretion. At this point, he is also OK to be submerged so regular bathing (as opposed to sponge baths) and trips to the pool are OK.

On Thursday we have another appointment (hopefully last one until next summer?) to discuss the results of his sleep study. Given that it has been about a month since the study was done and we have heard nothing I am going on the assumption that there is no real bad news there (the doctor did say he expected the results to be abnormal but not horrendous so I'm sure there will be some issues to be discussed but nothing terribly serious).

- bob