Post Surgery update...

Dylan came thru eye surgery very well. The Dr. Olson was very pleased with how the surgery went and is very happy with the way it went. He was just getting done with the surgery at about 6:15pm, it took longer than expected but the Dr feels comfortable with how it went. He was very happy that he did not wait to take a look at him until Wednesday. He will recheck his eyes on Wednesday and then one week later. When he dilates his eyes next week it may still be too soon to tell if the surgery worked but the Dr said that the surgery went so good that he will probably not have to have another surgery. The Dr. explained the surgery as that of stopping a forrest fire. He said that sometimes in order to stop the fire you have to make it worse before it gets better. So this is the case with Dylan, the laser basically burns or "lightly damages" the outer part of the retina. This is so the growing blood vessels can't go any further than this "burned" part of the eye. The part that they lasered was the perephrial vision part. He will though be able to see out of that part of the eye eventually but for now lasering this part hopefully will stop the blood vessels from growing any more there and hopefully will also stop the Plus disease blood vessels from getting thicker. So our little man continues to amaze us. He is a gift from God, we are continuing to pray like mad that he gets bigger, stronger and comes home soon. God Bless You Dylan~