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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

No news is good news!!!!


We decided to make another appointment with Samantha's opthamologist who did her stent surgery because her eye was not looking any better. The doctor agreed that her eye didn't look great, but also did not look like it was infected. She also still has the stent in place which is great. She decided to take a swab of her eye to see if there is some weird infection brewing. She also took a picture of her eye and will put it on a list serv for pediatric opthamologists all over the world. She will share Samantha's case and most likely get 100 opinions which is great because we don't have to travel to get all these opinions. She also will discuss what's going on with a plastics doctor at the U of M who would possibly do another surgery on Sam. The surgery is called a DCR and would essentially chip away part of the nose bone to make room for drainage. We really are against doing another surgery and the doctor is well aware of this. Hopefully by talking to her fellow doctor, she will get some ideas. Sam has a follow up appointment in January and we will leave the stent in at least until then.
She doesn't seem too affected by all this, other than the fact that she doesn't want anyone to touch her face and eyes. We don't blame her!!