Hematoma

My daughter was seen by her retina surgeon today.   The appointment was moved up because she’s had a rapid deterioration of vision in her left, functional eye and we’ve been quite concerned.   There were also plans to do surgery on her right, minimally-functional eye, but he postponed the surgery for the moment.

What he found was a large hematoma (blood) in both the anterior and posterior portions of her eye.  He wasn’t sure if her retina was attached or if her vitreous was also detached, because the blood blocked his view.    Her pressure was seventeen in both eyes, which is just where it needs to be, so that’s not a factor.   But the blood is blocking her field of vision, which is why she can’t see much at all right now.

He’s seeing her in his office tomorrow morning first thing to have an ultrasound done (A & B scan) to determine what’s actually happening behind the blood.   There is a chance my husband and daughter will stay in Detroit extra days this week to have him do unscheduled surgery on her eye if there are other, more damaging things, going on.

For now she’s having steroid drops once per hour in her left eye (which she loves).   The blood will permeate out fairly quickly, but it  will take time.   Dr. Trese said if she could sleep sitting up or propped up it would help her vision more quickly.

And about that refraction…no luck yet.   You can’t get a refraction through an opaque liquid like blood.    So for now we wait, and we hope this is only a hematoma caused potentially by a bump to her eye, and we hope it will resolve.

The Big Boy Update:  My son was mad at me this afternoon.   He went upstairs and slammed his door.   I didn’t react so he opened the door and said, “I’m gonna try that slam again”.   I did’t react the second time but he opened the door and said, “much better”.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter loves waiting in the infernally long line at the mall in Detroit for Chick-fil-a.   Tonight she decided she wanted her favorite food (and I think dad’s as well) so they went out for pasta instead.