Eye Surgery

On Halloween, Patrick had PRK laser eye surgery. He picked this instead of Lasik because there is no cutting of the eye are is therefore safer. However, PRK is much more painful and has a slower healing time. Here is a picture of Patrick after the procedure and this is pretty much how he stayed for a week. He lay in bed for the first three days with the curtains drawn, sunglasses on and frozen grapes over his eyes. He was in so much pain that he intermittently cried and shrieked. Our doctor said that Patrick had the worst reaction to PRK than any of his other thousands of patients. Lucky boy! We had to go to the doctor everyday (even on the weekend) to check on his eyes. They were healing really slowly, but he was able to return to work a week later (wearing a hat and sunglasses all day). He just got the contact bandages out yesterday and he is feeling sensitive again, but nothing as bad as before. He is still not enjoying the lack of glasses, but his optometrist said in will be a few months before his eyes see best. He says that car lights glow at night and he still has trouble reading up close. This should go away and I am this is almost over. Patrick says that it wouldn't have been as bad if he had been better prepared for the after pain. We are just crossing our fingers that he won't have to go back for any touch-up surgeries!