Two different kinds of eyes, two different kinds of doctors

Continuing the month of many appointments, Anya will see both ophthalmologists tomorrow.  First, she will see the surgeon who performed her enucleation.  He will be looking for any signs of infection related to the exposure in her socket.  I do not know if he will want her prosthesis removed or not.  We have not removed it since she received it, and if it needs to be removed, I anticipate that it won't be easy. He will also be looking at her eyelid.  This photo shows you how it still is not opening.  It does open a crack, but I would say that it is not improving.  Dr. D wanted to wait six months before deciding if she requires surgery.  Tomorrow will be five and half months, and I believe we will start talking about that surgery.

It is the visit with the second doctor that will cause me to lose sleep tonight.  Anya will see her retina specialist who will examine her left eye, which he has not done since just after Thanksgiving.  This marks the longest period of time that her tumor has gone unmonitored.  That eye, and the tumor in it have received the full course of treatment - six rounds of chemotherapy, multiple rounds of laser treatment - so there is every reason to believe the tumor is dead.  Retinoblastoma, like all other cancers, does not always follow the rules, so while it should be dead, we won't know until Dr. O examines her tomorrow.

For Anya, the hardest part of these exams is the dilating eye drops and the long wait in the exam rooms.  Aside from that, she will likely be entertaining the staff by singing and dancing or riding the electrical exam chair up and down.