When Adam was born, his eyes were literally out of its sockets.
Well, not really (smile).
They were in their sockets, though not within their eyelids. We were told (well, only my husband really, as I was still busy on the birthing bed) that Adam had shalow eye orbits (refer General Symptoms of Crouzon Syndrome) which resulted on his eyes the way they were. They needed to operate on him immediately in order to repair any damages that may be. Eyes lids (fashioned from skins taken from other parts of his body, perhaps) may also have to sewn in, for instance.
For an adult, it sounded like a scary situation to be in. For a baby, it was even worse. General Anesthesia (GA) was also not a good thing for young children, let alone newborns.
But we did what we must, and so we placed little Adam in the trusted hands of the capable doctors of the Damansara Specialist Hospital. So, approximately 3 hours after his birth, Adam had his first ever visit to an Operating Theatre (OT).
Two ophthalmologists worked on him simulatneously in order to limit his time under GA.
The findings were - he had a perfect pair of eyes with all optic nerves intact and pupils responding accordingly. Miraculously, he also had 2 perfect sets of eyelids tucked behind those big pair of eyes of his (hence, there were no need for any cutting and pasting). His eyelids were sewn together, though, at all 4 corners in order to keep the eyes in and protected.
As a result, he looked just like any other ordinary baby - just with massive eyes bags.
But we did know that the eye condition was just side effects of something greater, and with that, we braced ourselves for the worse.....
Well, not really (smile).
They were in their sockets, though not within their eyelids. We were told (well, only my husband really, as I was still busy on the birthing bed) that Adam had shalow eye orbits (refer General Symptoms of Crouzon Syndrome) which resulted on his eyes the way they were. They needed to operate on him immediately in order to repair any damages that may be. Eyes lids (fashioned from skins taken from other parts of his body, perhaps) may also have to sewn in, for instance.
For an adult, it sounded like a scary situation to be in. For a baby, it was even worse. General Anesthesia (GA) was also not a good thing for young children, let alone newborns.
But we did what we must, and so we placed little Adam in the trusted hands of the capable doctors of the Damansara Specialist Hospital. So, approximately 3 hours after his birth, Adam had his first ever visit to an Operating Theatre (OT).
Two ophthalmologists worked on him simulatneously in order to limit his time under GA.
The findings were - he had a perfect pair of eyes with all optic nerves intact and pupils responding accordingly. Miraculously, he also had 2 perfect sets of eyelids tucked behind those big pair of eyes of his (hence, there were no need for any cutting and pasting). His eyelids were sewn together, though, at all 4 corners in order to keep the eyes in and protected.As a result, he looked just like any other ordinary baby - just with massive eyes bags.
But we did know that the eye condition was just side effects of something greater, and with that, we braced ourselves for the worse.....
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