Right Eye Secondary Lens Surgery- February 17th



Ryan and Anni.  They passed the time waiting by playing Angry Birds on the phone. 



We've been planning for this surgery since Anni was 2 days old! Dr. Hoffman and Dr. Zabriskie put a secondary lens in Annika's right eye last night. It was a long day, Anni wasn't supposed to eat anything after 10:00 AM. She accidentally ate 3 or 4 mini marshmallows at 1:00, and we thought we were going to have to reschedule, but it turned out okay. After I caught her eating a marshmellow, Lindsey said- "Now you're going to die! Oh, just kidding, just kidding." Duh. She was scared enough already. She was in surgery for about 90 minutes- everything went well. She really, really didn't want to wake up. I think we tried for 2 hours to get her to wake up enough to drink some slushee so we could go home. We finally made it home around 12:30 AM.

Anni in her hospital jammies.



Anni sleeping off the anesthesia.









It's been funny today. She has always hated eye drops, and today has been no exception. She's also refused to open her eyes, because it hurts more when it's open. She actually ate her cereal with her eyes closed. It was only a little bit messy. :) She has been feeling her way around the house all day long. When I took her to her post-op check this afternoon, she kept her eyes shut until Dr. Hoffman made her open it to make sure it was looking good. He had to pry it open a little. ;) I offered to take her to lunch, and she finally agreed, but we had to stay in the car to eat because she didn't want to eat in the restaraunt with her eyes closed. She told me she'd open her eyes when she felt like it. I've loved that she's had a little grin on her face the entire day- I think she really enjoys living with her eyes closed!



Here she is, eating her cheeseburger with her eyes closed!