Well, I thought I would let everyone know that today Kannon had his tear ducts probed. They have been blocked since about 3 wks. of age. The Doctor told us that his were so bad they would not correct themselves. (Most kids out-grow this) So, today, they took him and probed them. Since he is under 6 mos. old, he did not have to be put to sleep. The Pediatric Opthalmologist said it would feel like shots to him, but no pain afterwards. Joey and I waited in the waiting room like they told us to. When they came to get us, Kannon was so red and distraught. (I teared up) After I took him, he immediately stopped crying and didn't cry anymore. In fact, as soon as we got him in the car, he went to sleep. He puked on the nurse, but she said that almost always happens. We hated to put him through this, but it had to be done. He is constantly rubbing his eyes because he always has pooling of tears and drainage. We need to all agree and believe God that this will take care of it. The Specialist said this has an 80% success rate. After 2 weeks, either the symptoms will be gone, or not. If not, we have to take him to a surgery center and they will put him to sleep, then insert some sort of balloon with a catheter or something. We don't want him to have that.
Kannon is doing fine.....we've been home a little while, and he's already napping again. He hasn't fussed at all since the minor surgery. He's my little big man!
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Bless his heart!! I know that must have been awful for you guys. I remember when Timmy was 7 mos. old, he had that big lymph node come up behind his ear and made his ear stick out. He had to be put to sleep and have it lanced. I was so scared even though it was minor. I felt so sorry for him after he came out of surgery, but once the anasthesia wore off, he was fine. I am glad Kannon had that done. I hope his eyes get better now. See ya Sunday.
I am so glad that is over for him! Poor little guy. It is tough being a parent sometimes! When our children go through things, sometimes all we can do is just be there for them and trust God. I still remember when they had to give Jimmy breathing treatments when he was a baby and he didn't understand what they were doing to him. It was scarry for him.
See you Sunday!
Poor little guy! :-(
Julie, how are his eyes doing this week?
They are doing a lot better, but not as good as we'd hoped. One eye is better than the other. We are praying that this week they will both clear up.....If not, we will have to call the Dr. again to discuss the next step....
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