The week after Operation 3.

These were taken about a week after operation 3. Also how he looks now with his beautiful glasses!

Before Operation 3 - in hospital ready to go!

The photo below is in the car on the way home from hospital - this is when Ryan wasn't opening his eyes and in quite a bit of pain. xox

This one is the morning after the operation after we had cleaned up his eye's and finally got him to open them up! What a beautiful smile from my brave little man!

Photo: After Operation 2 (Oct 2010)

Still in Hospital - Just after Operation no 2 - Bi-lateral Brow Suspension. October 2010 Bruised - but awake, happy and ready to go home!

And this one below is Day 2 - home and feeling great! This was the day I had to take him to school cause he didn't want to sit still!!!

Post Operation #3 Checkup

Back to melbourne for Ryan's post operation check up. We were hoping to get the ok that we didn't have to have any more operations! BUT... unfortunately this operation has not been quite as successful as first hoped. The watering hasn't really changed at all. Cosmetically the operation went well - the eye's look great, but the watering is still the same. We are to go back in another 6 weeks to see the Dr and make a final diagnosis, but it is more than likely that Ryan will have to have another operation to re-align his tear ducts. The ducts need to be pointed onto the eye's more than they are now. This will hopefully fix the watering. SO... I'll be re-posting after that aptm when we know some more. I do have some amazing before and after shots of Ryan's eye's though so I will try and find a spare ten minutes to post some pictures soon. I do also need to say a HUGE thanks to my family for being so wonderful again. I love you guys. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Operation #3

It has been a while since I have posted, life managed to get very busy over Christmas, New Year etc etc... Anyway, Ryan has had his third operation last week. This operation was to cut the outer corners of his eye's and lift his lower lids slightly. This lifting is aimed at angling the lids closer to his eye's and reduce the watering etc that Ryan has. The day of the operation was a hectic one, we had all three boys at the hospital for a change. Cody was fantastic - helping keep Ryan occupied and playing with Jesse when I was busy etc. The three BIG boys (Andy, Cody & Ryan) played Snap, Noughts & Crosses etc etc and all had a fun morning. Jesse decided he didn't want to sleep so he was a bit grumpy but it was all ok. When it came time for Ryan to be taken to theatre Andrew went with him and I took the other two boys downstairs to wait. The Anaesthatist gave Ryan a larger dose of anasthetic this time and gave it to him in his inner elbow, not the wrist as in other op's. He went off to sleep well and all was good. Andrew & I took the other two boys for some lunch then back to the ward to wait. The operation took about 2 1/2 hours then I was called into the recovery room. Ryan woke up with a bit of a fright as the ointment they put in his eye's was yellow and different to other times. He had trouble seeing and this caused him to "freak out" slightly. Ryan closed his eye's and kept them closed. He also complained a lot about the pain in his eyes this time so we gave him a cold washer to keep over his eye's and cool them down. We stayed in the hospital for another 3 hours before Ryan finally had some watermelon and a drink and they let him home! He didn't walk out this time - we modified the pram slightly and pushed him out - which Cody thought was pretty cool. Once we got home to Rell's Ryan was still in pain so I laid him down on the bed and cuddled him for an hour or two. He didn't feel like eating or drinking and still wouldn't open his eye's. I was quite concerned after a few hours and rang the hospital who told me not to worry and give it 24hrs. We had an ok night - Ryan slept with me. He woke the next morning in pain again, still not opening the eyes. I figured out that they were "glued" together with the ointment so used cotton buds to get them apart and clean them out for him. After a bit of an effort we got Ryan to finally open his eyes and once he realised that he COULD see he was ok. Slowly he started getting better and back to normal. We headed home from Rell's late that morning. This operation was quite different to other's but still ok. I think we expect Ryan to be absolutely amazing after each operation because he has been a little hero other times. He was really good this time still - but it did knock him around a bit more. He is fine now though - hardly any bruising and no pain. Back to the dr for our weekly checkup this week. xoxoxo