1 yr post op

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Hi Everyone,

Thank you so much for all of the information that has

been shared lately! I am trying to keep a good record

of everything so I can stay informed.

Micah had his 1 yr post-op appt. on Monday. (He has

had 1 surgery - YV canthoplasty and frontalis slings

with silicone rods.) For those of you who are new, we

adopted Micah at the age of 3 from Korea. He had his

surgery done there before we came home so our doctor

here is just the surgeon we follow up with.

The surgeon was THRILLED with Micah's results and

admitted he doesn't usually get results like that

himself with one surgery. He mentioned he was glad

they used silicone rods on Micah because he finds them

easier to adjust in children if the need arises. He

said we are out of the danger zone as far as an

infection occurring unless something bizarre happens

like Micah getting a cut on his eyebrow or something

and germs entering that way. And he said they are

seeing silicone slings last 5, 10, 20+ years. (I'd

prefer if it were 20+ thank you very much!)

I asked him if the YV canthoplasty would need to be

redone as Micah grows and he said " usually not - in

fact as the child matures it can look more 'normal'

than when they were younger " . Does anyone know

anything about that? I'm not sure that made sense to

me.

Anyway, he said Micah looks better than he did the

last time he saw him (which was 4 months post-op).

And I agree - I saw the pictures he took last June

when Micah was 4 months post-op and you could still

tell there was some swelling, redness, etc. He looks

great now. I'll post new pictures in our album as soon

as I figure out how.

Gotta run - my best to all of you! I love how much I

learn from all of you!

April Eisele, Coloraod, USA

Wife to Jon

Mommy to Mira, Micah & Misha

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