In my last post on Kate’s cataract surgery, I noted that she was having trouble keeping the patch over her eye. There was no improvement after that. She took the patch off just before we went to dinner. I kept it off until nearly time for bed when I saw her rubbing her eye. I woke up once during the night and saw that it was still on. When I got up at 6:25, it wasn’t. I decided then that I would not put it on again. I’ll just try to keep my eye on her and stop her if she starts to rub her eye. I think this may be just as effective as the patch and less troublesome for both of us.
Yesterday we had a late morning follow-up appointment with her ophthalmologist. Kate couldn’t understand why she had to see her. She has no memory of having surgery. That was true even as we walked away immediately after the surgery on Tuesday. The doctor asked her how her eye was doing and quickly recognized Kate hadn’t remember. Then she examined her eye. She was pleased with what saw as well as the eye test her technician gave her prior to her coming into the room. At her last appointment, Kate’s test showed that she was legally blind in that eye. One day after surgery, she scored 20/50 on the same test. The doctor said that was especially good since they had adjusted the lens for best vision to be at shorter distances. That’s because her major activity is working puzzles on her iPad. It’s still too early for me to know how well that is working. I’ll be watching closely in the next few days.
