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number game
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Carly's scheduled for surgery at 6:30 tomorrow morning!!!
Posted: 02-05-08 15:42pm
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Okay I don't think I ever posted anything
here about her eyes So I'll past a peice
of a blog I posted on myspace to give you
some background. But before I do, all of
her eye exams have been good up until
about 3-4 days ago.
OLD BLOG POST......
I got a phone call today from the nurse
that assist the eye doctor today. They
have found that Carly has stage1 ROP. They
will now monitor her more closely. She
will have eye exams every3-4 days as
opossed to every week to 10 days. This is
some thing very common in premature and
very underweight babies. If it gets worse
there is a laser surgery avalible to help
but not correct it. http://www.nei.nih.g
ov/health/rop/index.asp
Okay here is what I posted
today.............
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Surgery Tomorrow Morning!!!
Well in my last blog I posted about the
eye doctor finding some ROP in Carly's
eyes. Well they did another eye exam today
and her eye disease has progressed VERY
quickly. She now has plus disease in the
right eye and pre-plus disease in her left
eye. They will be taking her down for
surgery at 6:30 tomorrow morning. The
surgery should last from 2-3 hours. After
they are done she'll return back to the
nicu for recovery. They will have to put
her back on the ventilator and hopefully
she'll come off without a problem. They
doctor said she may not want to let go of
it though seeing as how she held on to it
for so long before. So I'm praying that
she adjust well. They will give her a big
dose of steriods just before the procedure
though to help assist her and speed up the
pace of coming off the vent. She's still
have a lot of bradycardia episodes lately
down to the 40's and lasting anywhere from
5-30 seconds. I spoke to the physical
therapist today and she says the reason
Carly is behind developmentaly ( sucking,
poor muscle tone, etc) "COULD" be because
of the missing corpus callosum in her
brain http://www.rt-image.com/content=9504J05C
4896A08040B69C74446860441 . We knew
about this while she was still in utero.
She says she may be behind a little
developmentaly or severely but only time
will tell. And that's okay with me. I love
her anyway God gives her to me! It may
just be a little challenging to adapt to
when she comes home with all the
specialist that they'll be calling in.
Oh yeah I ment to say that without the
surgery Carly has a 60% or greater chance
of blindness and with the surgery it
reduces to a 10-20% chance. She will
however lose most or all of her peripheral
vision with the surgery. But the doctor
said that she souldn't notice a difference
ever seeing as how she'll learn to turn
her head to compensate.
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Becky
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Posted: 02-05-08 15:44pm
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Oh no! I hope everything goes well. Poor
Carly 
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ebarnhard33
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Posted: 02-05-08 15:46pm
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Aw, I hope she does well in surgery! I'll
be thinking of her
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 02-05-08 15:47pm
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that sucks about her eyes, but the
suregery sounds like a plus.. shes sure is
one tough little girl!
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young Girl
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Posted: 02-05-08 15:47pm
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oh no!!!! i'll be thinking of you guys!
good luck carly!!!!!!
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Willa Weintraub
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Posted: 02-05-08 15:47pm
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Good luck to her. I hope everything turns
out as well as it can!
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moldedbymercy88
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Posted: 02-05-08 16:00pm
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You two are in our prayers!
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CaNdItAs CrAzY LaNd
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Posted: 02-05-08 16:25pm
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my friends lil one had to have the surgery
she is fine ill say a prayer for her hugs
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fairytale007
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Posted: 02-05-08 17:01pm
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Aw poor Carly! I hope the surgery goes
well for her tomorrow. Bless her and I'll
keep her in my thoughts.
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Shanyan
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Posted: 02-05-08 17:05pm
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Aw poor Carly......I will keep her in my
thoughts and prayers. ((HUGS))
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 02-05-08 17:13pm
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I'll be praying for her in the morning!
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 02-05-08 17:21pm
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Aww!! She's a trooper, so she'll do
GREAT!!
Stay strong Mommy!! AAnd positive!!!
Sarah
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 02-05-08 18:58pm
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good luck tomorrow Carly! I hope this
surgery is as big a sucess as possible!!
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The Mrs
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Posted: 02-05-08 19:57pm
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Oh Rachel... I'm so sorry to read that you
keep having so many struggles thrown you
and Carly's way. I'll keep you two in my
thoughts though! I'm sure the surgery
will go fine.
When my husband was born, he had to have a
surgery done on his eyes as well. He was
only a few moneths old when it was done,
and he had to wear an eye patch for a year
or so. His brother was born with the same
condition, and he too had to have the
surgery. They bpth recovered well and
with the use of contacts can see fine
today. Peripherials are overrated anyhow.
It has always hurt my eyes to look very
far to the side so I turn my head instead
anyway. It's not like its a
disadvantage... just kind of a different
approach. Carly may never even notice.
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love_pinkish
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Posted: 02-05-08 20:02pm
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Good luck hun! Your family and Carly is
in my prayers!
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Bratz72
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Posted: 02-05-08 21:30pm
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Good Luck !!! Carly is in my thoughts
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Posted: 02-05-08 21:57pm
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Carly is in my thoughts! Good luck!
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care_free
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Posted: 02-05-08 23:29pm
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She's a tough little cookie. I'm sure
she'll come back off the ventilator
without any problems. I'll pray the
surgery goes well.
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kaiteo
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Posted: 02-05-08 23:59pm
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Good luck to Carly and to you. I'm sure
everything will go fine!
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newmommy07
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Posted: 02-06-08 02:54am
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Oh no! Carly is such a
fighter though... Go Carly go! I will be
thinking of you ladies. =D I hope all goes
well!
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