Saturday, April 20, 2019

Eye surgery struggle

On April 8th Lee had an appointment with the ocular surgeon ,  Lee was approved for surgery he was super excited.  Lee has struggled with seeing for the last several months and it has taken a toll on his mental health.  On Friday April 12th Lee had a follow up with the liver team.  We found out that they are not wanting to reactivate his listing yet.  The liver team wants him to follow up with the neurologist to make sure that the swallowing issue does not have a neurological aspect to it. I know that they are super worried about Lee aspirating again although the two times that Lee aspirated was while procedures were occurring.    The liver team also did NOT want Lee to have eye surgery.  This made Lee super upset neither one of us could understand.  The ocular surgeon felt extremely comfortable do surgery and that there is a very little risk of surgery.  With it being later on a Friday I didn't feel like there was much we could do.  On Monday morning I called the eye surgeon and asked him to call Dr. Gilroy with the liver team.  I finally heard back on Thursday that the decision was made that Lee could have his eye surgery.
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Lee will have his eye surgery on April 23rd.  Lee is so excited.  Lee also has an appointment to have his denture realignment so that he can eat a little more he is looking forward to eating a steak.

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