Eleventh (11th) EUA

Here are a couple pictures of Gracie enjoying her first meal in over 24 hours. She seems to love pancakes and strawberries after anesthesia!

Yesterday, we took a trip to Houston again for Gracie's first post-enucleation EUA. Dr. G said that things around the right eye (the eye that was removed) looked good. There was still some swelling but nothing abnormal. The left eye looked the same as last time (good news). He used the laser on one tumor that is not obviously dead yet. It has not shown any growth over the past few months so we suspect that the tumor is no longer active but will continue to laser it for a few months to make sure no active cells remain. There was no new growth seen.

Gracie was really good throughout the whole day. She had not eaten since Thursday afternoon so she must have been hungry but she never said anything. The procedure was suppose to start at 1:30PM but there were lots of delays earlier in the day so we did not get in until after 3:30PM. It made for a long day. We did not get home until near 10PM.

Things are going really well and Gracie is her happy little self. Dr. G said that we can get Gracie's prosthesis in 2-3 weeks. We are excited to have that happen. Gracie does not seem to mind not having it though. We had not let her go swimming for a few weeks following her surgery. On Thursday we picked up some goggles to protect her eyes and went swimming with some friends. Gracie loved swimming! Just before swimming, she was playing on the park with a girl and the girl asked Gracie what happened to her eye. Gracie said, "It got all red and Dr. Gumballs took it out." She paused a second and then said, "The boy cut it out." Stephanie overheard and thought it was pretty funny. The girl seemed to accept her explanation and they continued to play together for a while.