Amalea Lorayne Krill

This picture isn’t actually from the doctor today, but is from a few weeks ago. In the picture you’ll notice the bandage on her arm – she had to have blood drawn. They had to put a butterfly on her and I’m pretty sure they took 2 vials of blood. Amalea is a trooper for sure.
Today we saw a retina specialist and he confirmed the blood behind her eye. The good news is that she is not currently bleeding, however the bad news is that she does have blood built up behind her left eye (most likely from the trauma of the delivery) and they need to drain that blood out. Currently she has no vision in her left eye and because of that if we don’t do the surgery she will probably develop a lazy eye and possibly some severe vision problems. The goal of the surgery is to remove the blood from behind her eye and after that she shouldn’t have any vision problems. They want to do the surgery sometime in the next 10 days – the sooner the better so that her eyes don’t develop incorrectly. Amalea will be under a complete anesthetic knocking her out for about an hour while they perform the surgery. The doctor is a specialist and said he has performed this surgery many times. He seemed confident in the process and in her complete recovery.
Though it is a scary process for Jim and I we know it is the best thing for Amalea. She is a strong girl and thankfully will not remember any of this. Thank you all for your prayers and phone calls through this process – it looks like the end is in sight and hopefully Amalea will have complete vision after the surgery.