Thursday, July 31, 2008

Eye Surgery - YUCK!

Not positive yet, but this appears to be what Sophia is facing. Just the thought of eyeball surgery gives me the creeps. This is going to be even more "gastly" than Zack's surgery was!!!!
The main purpose of eye muscle surgery is thus to restore straight eye alignment. The surgery is performed to align both eyes so that they gaze in the same direction

To repair a convergent gaze, the ophthalmogist cuts the muscles that move the eye from side to side (A). On one side, the muscles are attached further back on the eyeball (B). On the other, the muscle is shortened (C) and stitched (D). (Illustration by GGS Inc.)

2 comments:

kim said...

Uggg... what is it about the eyes that makes surgery seem so ghastly? I was squeamish just reading about it. On that same note, I am thankful that there is a surgery to help her and capable professionals who can perform it.

Melissa said...

dont worry about it. I was actually a guinea pig in the 70s for the procedure. BUt I am sure they do it more with lasers now.