On the Thursday after Jack's second surgery, we noticed a strange red dot on his eyeball. We called the doctor and she didn't seem too concerned. It was more than likely just a bruise from where she gave him an injection. She told us to watch it and if it got worse to call her back.
Well, the next morning, it had moved. It looked like it was headed towards his cornea so we gave her a call. It was her surgery day, so luckily she picked up. She told us we had to be there by 9:00am (it was 8 and Jack and I were still lying in bed!) We all got dressed and jumped in the car. Unfortunately, the hospital where she was is on the other side of town, and of course there was an accident on the main highway we needed to take in order to get there.
We pulled up at 8:59, David pulled up and I grabbed Jack out of his carseat and ran inside. The Arlington office is not a pediatric office...more like a geriatric office. The clientele was an average of 80 years old. Needless to say, we got a lot of funny looks, especially since our 4 month old had his big blue glasses on. The best part was when one of the doctors saw us and all of the receptionists started whispering - they didn't realize why we were there and thought we were in the wrong place since neither of the pediatric doctors were technically in the office that day. LOL. I love when you can hear people stressing over you!
The doctor came in with one of the residents, so she was using all this medical jargon. She told him how Jack's eyes are much bigger than typical infants his age and asked him how big they were supposed to be. I knew the answer, and he got it wrong! Does that show you how much time I've spent with the pediatric opthamologist over the past 5 weeks?
Anyways, it was indeed just a bruise and it will probably last a couple of weeks. Nothing to worry about and Jack continues to heal! We start with both contact lenses on Wednesday - getting those in should be a blast!
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