Surgery #48 (we think!)

Chris had another surgery yesterday. There is a new Doctor that comes to BAMC once a month or so from Johns Hopkins to work on the guys. He was originally supposed to do some reconstruction on his nose, revise the scar on his neck, and add some skin to below the right eye so he could close his eye all the way again. They ended up only doing the eye. Chris has been doing pretty well. They did not even keep him over night. They sent him home with some percocet for pain. We were a bit nervous about how his pain management might be. He was on some pretty heavy narcotics for a really long time until last summer. In June, they did a "rapid detox" which basically cleanses his body of all the drugs and resets his pain receptors. He seems to be handling the pain pretty well. He has only asked me for one percocet since yesterday!!! I think Riley gives him more when I am not looking. HA ha. He goes back in tomorrow for the doctor to take off the dressings and see how things went. If this surgery is successful, then we can try again for another corneal transplant that will go a long way to improving his vision. Keep your fingers crossed!