Tuesdays with Marion

When Lisa is in town we find that we are more active. She keeps us actively engaged.

Ada's Eye

Ada's congenitally malformed eye caused her to be predisposed to a detached retina. Unfortunately, it was detached for some time before we discovered the condition, thus the retina sustained significant, irreparable damage. The retina was too damaged to likely ever provide vision, however a retinal surgery was ultimately performed to try to keep the eye from dying. The eye is now filled with a semi-opaque silicone oil to hold the retina in place with the hope that it will re-attach. But the oil has a side effect in that it has caused the formation of a cataract. Further, the entry wound that was made to allow placement of the oil caused a complication in that a flap of skin folded in on itself and filled with serous fluid. This made a blister on the surface of the eye that was about the size of a cashew nut. She just had another surgery. This time to remove the blister and to adjust the muscles of the eye so that it will track with the seeing eye. The surgery went great!