The First Surgery

This morning Iris had her first surgery to remove the cataract and put a new lens in her eye.  The morning started early as we had to be at Children's Mercy at 6:00am (remember - no food or drink after midnight the night before).  We worried she would be a "bear" with no food but she did great.  I think all of the distractions made her forget that she was hungry.

Around 7:30am we had to walk with a nurse to a junction in the hallway and from there the nurse took Iris and we had to watch her walk away.  It was awful and we do not understand why one of the parents can not be with her until she is out.  Other than that the process was great.  Children's Mercy is so good with kids and families.

Another awesome thing was that the surgeon actually called the house last night to check on Iris and see if Mom and Dad had any more questions.  What great service!

After the surgery the doctor came out and told us everything went great and she thinks Iris will be able to see from that eye tomorrow when the "patch" is off.  The eye they operated on today was the worst of the two.  This eye has very little vision if any.  The doctor thinks she will see something tomorrow but it could improve over the next several weeks.  Speaking of the patch - the first thing Elliot said when he saw Iris was, "I thought the patch would be black" (like a pirate).

Iris is currently sleeping and will hopefully sleep most of today.  Tomorrow will be very exciting.  We continue to pray for vision and healing.

Another quick update - I just spoke to Melissa and she informed me Iris is awake and playing just like normal.  She is running around laughing and playing.

Attached are some pictures from this morning and one with her new hat.