Soooo today Avery is one year and 2 days old and she had her first strabismus surgery this morning. We weren't too sure if it was going to happen - she has had a touch of a runny nose for a few days, then got her 12 month immunizations yesterday and spiked a huge fever last night. We loaded her up on Motrin and woke up super early (5 :30am) and headed to University of Maryland. I kinda felt like a zombie throughout the whole thing - I only got 2 hours of sleep last night :(. What I failed to mention is that I started to feel pretty crappy yesterday - stuffy nose and sore throat - yuck! So - she did end up going in - the surgery it self was pretty quick - but she took a while to recover. She was one super cranky disoriented baby! We left the hospital about 10am. It's difficult to tell if the surgery was truly successful - her left eye is swollen and a little red - but we can see that her eye is definitely more midline. She does have to learn to use her eyes together all over again - so we'll see how that goes. She is up now and playing - still a bit off kilter - but she is doing pretty well so far! Thanks to everyone who sent us emails and such wishing us luck - means so much!
These pictures are 10 hours post operative :)
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