Update on Linnea

It has been just over two weeks since Linnea had her eye surgery (trabeculotomy). She is doing well. We took her to an appointment a week ago Monday and the Dr. was encouraged that she had no sign of infection. He informed us that the swelling and redness will probably take about a month to dissipate. She doesn't open her right eye much past halfway yet but the redness has definitely improved. She has to go under general anesthesia again on Sept. 21 to get a new eye pressure reading. The nightly eye drops (Xalatan) are working. Her initial eye pressures were 40 - right eye, 25 - left eye. Normal is 14 - 19. After a month of using the drops her eye pressures had come down to 35 - right eye, 17 left eye (normal - yay!). Our prayer is that the surgery will be completely effective in getting her right eye to regulate its pressure and that her left eye will eventually return to normal without need for long term use of eye drops.