David had surgery - Part 1

David had surgery!

Let me start at the begining.

When David was about 3 days old, we noticed that his right eye had a patch of white bleeding into the cornea (the coloured part). To say the least, I was scared. I remember the feeling of panic as it set in deep within my chest.

Here David is about 4 or 5 months old, but you can clearly see the white patch on his eye.

We rushed him to the doctor, who had no answers. We were referred to a Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Dr Pegado. We first met with him when David was 2 weeks old. He took a look and told us not to worry. That it was just skin and nothing more than cosmetic. It did not cover his pupil and there for did not limit his vision. We would have to watch it closely as he grew to make sure it continued to be superficial. We also knew then that at some point in the future he would most likely have a surgery to remove it.

You can see it clearly here. This was taken approx 1 month ago

Well we headed back into the Ophthalmologist in October for our yearly check up. We knew that this time around we would be talking about a potential surgery. David was old enough, and with school right around the corner, it was definatly going to be up for discussion. James and I decided that if the growth had not changed, and was not causing any problem, we would leave it as it was. The risk of possible blindness or weakening of his eye seemed to great for us to make this decision for him. If it was purely for cosmetic reasons we wanted him to have the say as he became of an age where he could choose for himself. However, the growth had changed. It had grown larger, and had sprouted hairs. It was obvious that it was time to do some thing about it....