Ying had her appointment with the pediatric ophthalmologist on Thursday. He says her ptosis is so sever that she needs a type of operation called a frontalis sling procedure. Basically, they will have to make a sling out of tissue to hold up her little eyelids. This means she will need another specialist – an ophthalmic plastic surgeon. Who knew there even was such a person? The poor baby will also need a second procedure on her lower lids. It seems that she also has congenital epiblepharon (her bottom lashes roll in and rub against her eyes).
We have an appointment with “the lid man” on April 18th. I won’t know any of the hows or whens until after that appointment. Dr. G did say that Ying is near-sighted and will need glasses probably before kindergarten. Sigh. Poor thing. I just have to remind myself that it could be worse. At least she can see, and after the surgery, she will be able to see even better.
You may have noticed that I refer to Ying by her Chinese name. We started calling her Ying (pronounced “Ing” – like Inga without the “a”) in China because she responded to her name and is even able to say it. Olivia and I have decided that we really like the name Ying, and it just suits her, so Elizabeth is Ying and probably will be for a good, long while!
We have an appointment with “the lid man” on April 18th. I won’t know any of the hows or whens until after that appointment. Dr. G did say that Ying is near-sighted and will need glasses probably before kindergarten. Sigh. Poor thing. I just have to remind myself that it could be worse. At least she can see, and after the surgery, she will be able to see even better.
You may have noticed that I refer to Ying by her Chinese name. We started calling her Ying (pronounced “Ing” – like Inga without the “a”) in China because she responded to her name and is even able to say it. Olivia and I have decided that we really like the name Ying, and it just suits her, so Elizabeth is Ying and probably will be for a good, long while!
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