Hubby and I are still in Singapore. He had his left eye cornea transplant on Wednesday, so we're here to wait for the eye to heal properly before he can fly back home. His next appointment with Prof Donald is tomorrow (Monday) morning.
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| Hubby relaxing before surgery... (i.e.: Angry Birds...) |
Right now, there is a contact lens of sorts over the eye to act like a plaster to protect and allow the cornea to heal. That will be taken off tomorrow and the doctor will then be able to assess the healing of the eye. If he gives the green light, Hubby will be able to fly home. It is most likely though, that he won't be allowed to fly yet, cause they usually do not allow flying for at least a week after operating. This is because tiny air bubbles may have gotten into the eye during surgery and if exposed to extreme low air pressure, the air bubbles might expand and go 'pop'!! They even advised not to go up buildings which were too high!
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| Taking off the bandages |
Anyway, on the whole, everything seems to be on track. The eye is only slightly red and swollen now. The healing is much better that his last op on his right eye 8 years ago. Then, he had a different, older kind of surgery, which required more healing time and he had bandages on his eye for about a week! This time, the bandages came off after just a day, so he didn't even have to use the eye patch like last time (yes, think Captain Hook)!
Well, let's hope we have more good news tomorrow...
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