Ava is doing OK. Surgery took a total of 2 hours 20 min. Dr. Marcoty came and saw us right after he was done and was pleased with how everything went. Ava had trouble waking up and although we were expecting that, we were relieved when she was able to calm down and just cuddle with us.
She slept pretty well last night but has had a high fever off and on for about 15 hours. This fever is making her pretty lethargic. We went to see her eye dr. this morning and he is not worried about infection at this point. We will watch her fever and go see a pediatrician tomorrow if needed. Dr. Marcoty was THRILLED with how her eyes looked! It was nice to see him so pleased with how everything seems to have gone. He wants her to start wearing her patch again today (NO WAY) but we will put it on her tomorrow. She has pretty red eyes and some bruising underneath but looks pretty good considering!
Moving forward: We will go back to patching but in a different way. She will be 3 days right eye patched, 1 day left eye patched. She will only need to wear it for 3 hours at a time (YEAH!!!!). Now that her eyes are straight, Dr. Marcoty wants them to have the best chance they can of working together (no patch) but still work on the sight in each eye (patch). We have an appointment on Wednesday (August 17th) and another in 4 weeks.
We are relieved to have this surgery behind us. It has been something we have talked about for some time now and it is nice to be past it. We are not naive to think there will not be more in the future, but we do feel that the future surgeries will not be as extensive as this one. Ava is sleeping now. I am hoping she will wake up fever free and ready to play :)!!
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