Ben’s First Surgery


Our last big medical event in Richmond would be Ben’s eye surgery to correct the strabismus; and a big one it was. Ben’s first time under general anesthesia, and I was nervous. Not only was I concerned about the procedure itself, but the recovery would be challenging because I wasn’t sure how I was going to keep Ben from rubbing his eyes, a bad habit which still lingers today

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. It would be ten times worse than trying to keep him from taking off his glasses. Distraction and re-direction; two words that have been a big part of our vocabulary all of Ben’s life.

The day of the surgery we had to be at the hospital very early because they wanted Ben to be the first of the day. That way we would not be waiting around at the hospital for too long before the surgery. We could not have asked for a better doctor. She not only had a great rapport with Ben, but was able to make Dennis and me feel much more at ease. She had the confidence that a good surgeon must have, but it was minus the arrogance that you find in many. She sat with Ben on her lap as his sedative took effect, and was quite patient with Dennis and me as we took pictures, mainly as an outlet to relieve our nervousness. When they finally rolled Ben down the hall, I remember feeling like I was going to faint.

The whole process really did not take very long considering the ABR was conducted again at the end of procedure. Who knows, maybe I did faint and just slept through the whole thing. But before we knew it Ben was back in recovery and it was time to wait for him to wake up. This is when we found out that Ben does not like to wake up after being under general anesthesia. In fact it took him longer to wake up than the whole procedure took from start to finish! Dr. Brown said that things went well and the only complication was due to just another of Ben’s little quirks because of the trisomy-9. At the beginning they had some trouble intubating him because his vocal cords have an abnormal placement. This is a little fact that we have had to pass on to doctor’s over the years as Ben has had a few surgeries since this one. This first eye surgery was successful and no further treatments were necessary for the next few years. The ABR was conducted with no problem and we were due to find out the results in a few days. For now, I just needed to spend a few days watching Ben while his eyes healed.

Ben and his doctor before his surgery


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