Well, looks like Omi is going to have eye surgery tomorrow.
A specialist cam and looked at him and said that his ROP is getting worse.
(if you want to know what ROP is in more detail, and let's face it, who doesn't wonder that on a weekly basis, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinopathy_of_prematurity)
If left untreated, he has a 50% chance of his retinas detaching and him going blind. He has less than 7% chance with the surgery. So, Omi goes under the laser in the morning.
He will have some loss of peripheral vision, but he won't know he's missing anything and adjust.
Omi was on the ventilator and had really high oxygen settings for a long time, so his eyes are paying the price. As I said before, we pretty much knew this was coming for a while.
The surgery itself is pretty simple, takes about a half hour, and isn't too invasive.
They give him a mild sedative to keep him from moving around, then laser down the ridges that are building up on his eyes and preventing the blood vessels from expanding. He will feel a dull ache while the laser is active, and it goes away as soon as it stops.
He'll spend a couple days in dim light to give his eyes time to recover. After that, he should be just fine. They will follow up in a week to see how well it worked.
I'll post again as soon as I can tomorrow after surgery.
Wish Omi luck!
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