The Eye...not good news

Today I took Isabelle to her eye doctor appointment with the same opthamologist she saw when I thought (not Michael) she had a lazy eye but this time it was for the constant tearing happening from her right eye only. We got to Dr. Munoz's office and I sat down with Isabelle in my lap in the big chair. I went on describing to the doctor what we have noticed the past few months and she immediately told me that she thinks it's a clogged tear duct. She then did a test on Isabelle that went like this...out went the lights, Toy Story came on the TV in her office for her to stare at, a few drops of yellow dye were dropped into both eyes (I had to hold her hands down so she wouldn't rub them-the dye would come out and it stains clothes), she shined a blue light into her eyes and found that the dye in the left eye was gone but the dye in the right eye was floating in a pool of tears at the bottom of her eye....its clogged she says.

Still a Gogurt Eater....just not as messy :)
I asked her what do we do now; thinking that we will be putting hot compresses on her twice a day, give her an anti-inflammatory nasal spray or maybe some new drops. Nope...she needs to "probe" the tear duct which is a 10-15 minute, outpatient surgery procedure. They will put Isabelle out under a local or general anesthetic, insert a thin metal probe through her eye into her tear drainage passage, poke the membrane at the bottom of the duct and then flush it out to make sure the opening they just made is big enough to drain her tears. After the surgery Dr. Munoz said she may tear a little blood or get a bloody nose but that is it. Not too bad, we just don't like the "putting her out" part of the procedure. She then shared with me that there is a 5% chance that this procedure will not work. If it doesn't, Isabelle would have to come back in and have another surgery where they will insert a little plastic tube into the drainage system that would insure the duct stays open. Let's hope that she is one of the 95%.