Rough Day

Today was the day we had scheduled to get Samantha's tube out of her eye, it was supposed to be a very easy procedure to be done in the Doctor's office. But the tube for some reason is stuck and could not be taken out. I held her down as the Doctor and assistant used tweezers to yank on that tube as hard as they could. She SCREAMED and KICKED and looked at me with eyes of betrayal. This went on for a very, very long time before the Doctor gave up and said it isn't coming out. Now the tube is stretched out and hanging out of her eye, so needs to be removed asap. He called the Operating Room at Primary and squeezed us in for tomorrow. We got a late time slot (6pm) which is rough because Mantha won't be able to eat after 10am (because they will be sedating her), and that is really rough for a short gut kid as she is used to eating several meals every day.

The Doctor is concerned that the tear duct is shrinking down again and that is the reason he can't get the tube out. (The tube is in a loop and knotted to itself, the knot is the part getting stuck.) If that is the case, we are back to square one with 3 failed surgeries!! I'm getting the feeling that Samantha is our Murphy's Law kid.

When this problem started they told us it usually clears up by the time they are a year old....it didn't.

They proceeded to do surgery on it which is very successful and works over 90% of the time....it didn't.

They tried a more intense surgery leaving a tube in for three months which is always successful if they have to do it......will it be? We shall see.

I am pretty optimistic that they can get the tube out (they will try to go through the nose, or through the eye again, just not have screaming kid and Mom watching and be able to be more aggressive). I am only worried that once they get the tube out, the tear ducts will shrink back down. The Doctor is worried about this too. Wish us luck tomorrow.

Sorry this is so long and sob story, it has been a rough day.