23weeks

This year will start a new path with Michael's eye issue. I haven't written much about it, I

was trying so hard to find an answer. Well we have one, Anterior Segment Ischemia following laser therapy for retinopathy of prematurity. Basically he is blind in one eye and it is now smaller in size and there is not a surgery that can repair his eye or sight. All the damage was caused by the ROP laser surgery Michael received on 12-31-09.

I know it is the most difficult time when your preemie is in the NICU and you are so unsure about so many procedures. But, PLEASE learn this lesson from me... ROP laser treatment is not a simple precautionary surgery as I was told by the pediatric ophthalmologist. ROP laser surgery is extremely precise and should only be done by a ROP specialist.

We may need to use scleral shells to keep his bone growth correct around the smaller eye. We pray that his eye does not completely stop growing, but most likely this is the road we will be taking.