Layne's Eye Muscle Surgeries

Layne just underwent a double eye muscle surgery at Primary Children's Hospital on August 3rd, one week ago today. I haven't had a chance to post any pics as of yet, but here's a few from the hours following the procedures and also the last few days. We are hoping that the procedures will help in correcting her eyesight so that she'll be able to focus her eyes and start to catch up with her developmental skills. She did great through the whole procedure and is now fighting off infection in her eyes. Her fever has dropped off and we are hoping that that is a good sign. Her optometrist who performed the surgery said that it will be a full three weeks until we are able to tell if it has been effective or not. IF not, we will go back in and have the surgeries repeated. We're hoping for the best.

This was taken in the recovery room. The staff told us to expect her to sleep most of the day due to the effects of anesthesia. She slept for about two hours and wanted to party with me all that night. That's my girl!

We tried to entertain her with a pacifier, which she didn't want to suck on, just play with. That's usually the case in our family.

She screamed off and on until we either fed her, or until we put her in her car seat to head for home. I caught her smiling and laughing as we started to pull out from the hospital. It was hilarious.

This picture was taken on Thursday morning. Layne had been running a fever for a couple of days and I finally just let the kid tough it out in her diaper. I also gave her her first haircut. Stylin', isn't it?

And here's the bug this past Saturday. Looks miserable. I think that both she and I are catching a bit of a summer cold. Oh well, she's doing great. Thanks for all the prayers on her behalf, and all of the calls to see how she's progressing. I'll try to keep you up.