Hubby's eyes...

Hubby went for his eye check-up in Singapore on Thursday. He had his eye operation in Singapore 8 years ago and I never went with him, so I thought I should go with him this time around. Now that the kids are older, we can afford to travel, as they are easier to handle and it's no problem leaving them with Sidekick, under Kung Kung and Po Po's supervision.

Hubby has this uncommon condition called keratoconus, where his cornea (the thin outer layer of the eye) becomes more and more cone shaped. It progresses rapidly during puberty and the medical community is still unsure of the cause, though some suggest vigorous rubbing, allergies or genetics. This can worsen and lead to blindness, so Hubby had a cornea transplant done at the Singapore National Eye Centre in 2003. Yup, he has some dead guy's cornea in his eye! :)

So anyway, after consulting his doctor, Prof. Donald Tan, he has decided to go ahead and operate on his other eye as well. Technology has advanced now, so this second eye will undergo a newer procedure, Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.

For his first eye, which was much worse then, the professor did a Penetrating Keratoplasty, where a circle of Hubby's cornea was totally removed and replaced with the donor's. The newer procedure, DALK however, leaves a layer of Hubby's epithelium intact and tucks the donor's cornea under it. This procedure does not require stitches, and more importantly has no risk of rejection whatsoever!

Since the procedure promises such good results, Hubby is wasting no time and has scheduled the operation for next month! Hopefully everything will go well!

So anyway, after the appointment on Thursday, Hubby and I had another two, free and easy nights in Singapore, so it was basically a honeymoon! ;) Will write more in the next post...