Bear had his surgery on Jan 21 of this year. His left eye was removed and replaced with a tiny nodule at the end of the nerve covered with donor eye tissue.
The wait was long because they were waiting on the donor tissue to arrive. But, as always, God was faithful and provided a calm atmosphere and reassurance from all sides. Even though Bear had not eaten, he was in a good mood and played and napped while they waited. One of my friends was a scrub nurse for the surgery and neither of us knew until right before. :) God's providence is so cool when you watch it unfold before your eyes.
He is such a brave Little Bear
The surgery was successful and Bear was a little swollen around the eye for the next week.
The weeks that followed were harder for us as caregivers than for him, I think. You could tell he was not in pain anymore. :) He was laughing and playing better than he had in months. He had medicines that had to be anministered to the area and he was not fond of that at first but as the swelling went down, that too became less of an issue. He had a lens that covered the opening in his eye. Because the lid had something to move over, he was opening his left eye more than ever before.
Jan 21 after the surgery and a week or so after the surgery having hotdogs and applesauce.
On March 16, Bear got a prosthetic eye! It looks amazing!
This journey is not over, but where we are now is really nice. ;-)
