Yep - we're over it...
And yet, we're still in it...
Zane just had another eye doctor appointment this morning. The pressures in his eye are STILL too high. We are officially at day 14. He's still on modified bed rest. He's still out of school. We are still doing drops and he's still wearing a shield. And we still have more appointments on the calendar to hike down to Emory Eye Clinic.*
Did you know that (last numbers I could find) there were 7500 hospitalizations in 2010 for eye injuries in pediatric patients? Did you know that 70% of them were males? 60% of those came from sports or recreational activities. Ahhhh... it's so good to be part of a statistic. LOL
Seriously though, things could have been worse, as I've said before. Zane's vision is still 20/20. They tested his color vision today, which is apparently one of the first signs of optic nerve damage, and it's perfect. So all signs point to a full recovery.
And yet
We can't get this darn pressure down. He's young and healthy, so he can handle high intra-ocular pressure for short periods without long term impacts. But the longer this goes, the more concerning it is. We started talking about glaucoma management today. We aren't there yet... but we're getting there...
They are taking him, slowly, off one of his drops. He's still on the other 4. We go back on Thursday. The doctor today explained to me that the steroid drop we are weaning off of can cause increased pressure and he does still have a small amount of blood in the anterior chamber of his eye. I can't see it anymore without special tools, so it's very small. This blood could be causing the "drainage system" for lack of a better way to describe it, to be clogged a bit or overwhelmed, which could be leading to increased pressure. So there are still reasons (glaucoma aside) that his pressures might be elevated. We need to clear out those potential causes before we will really know what the long term prognosis is. And we are looking at at least 2 more trips to Emory Eye Clinic.
If you could say a bit of a prayer for him that things turn around this week, we'd be very appreciative. He won't be back to school until at least next Tuesday. He's out of wrestling - probably for most of the rest of the season at this point. And he's getting to the point that he's bored out of his mind at home. He's used to SO much more physical activity than he's had in the last 2 weeks. (He's currently expending all of that energy chattering... LOL)
* I don't want anyone to get me wrong, I am SOOOO grateful for the amazing medical professionals we have available to us in Atlanta. We are blessed. Truly. But Emory is an easy 90 minute drive (in Atlanta traffic) from our house. This clinic is busy and they are thorough. That has meant long waits at almost every appointment. Multi-hour waits. So you are looking at at least a half day experience for each appointment. I'm not complaining, but it's definitely a hassle.
In other news... the other boys are all good. We bought a bearded dragon last weekend. And everyone is busy wrestling.
This is a really big weekend for the high school team. It's Regional Duals weekend. If they come in first or second on Saturday, they will head to State Duals next weekend. Stay tuned! Quinn is wrestling with the JV team in their duals on Friday night and then both boys are on the varsity team on Saturday. Spencer has the 220 spot and Quinn has dropped weight down to 126 where he's backing up a few different guys and giving coach some options to move people around depending on what the other team looks like. Should be a fun couple of days of wrestling for sure!
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