Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Surgery - Please Pray

Just got back from the ophthalmologist and her ROP is not getting better. She now has a wandering eye which could mean big trouble. So she's tentatively scheduled to undergo surgery on the 12th. I'm scared as shit because they say there's a 25% chance that even with the surgery, her ROP won't be fixed and she could go blind. That's 1 in 4 surgeries. There's a chance that the surgery will leave scar tissue which could cause her eyesight to go bad. There's also a good chance that she can lose part of her peripheral vision. Please pray for the doctor performing her surgery, the anesthesiologist who will be putting Lauren under and the nurses who will be there to assist. After the surgery, she has to be readmitted to the hospital for a day to make sure she doesn't have any complications with her breathing. Please pray that she won't have to be reintubated and put on a ventilator. Please pray that the surgery goes perfectly and that she won't have any long term effects from this. Please, just pray...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

omg that's in a week. sue, i pray for lauren you ben christian the doctors nurses anesthesiologists and anyone who has anything to do w/this little girl. stay strong sweetie ...

lucy said...

oh man, I hope Lauren doesn't need the surgery at all! But if she does need it, I pray she is in the 75% and that her mommy and daddy remain strong.