He has had a clogged tear duct in his left eye since birth and finally got it fixed yesterday. His eye was always weepy with green goop in the corner and red dry circles underneath with some mornings it being crusted shut. But Dr. Zamber from the Eye Clinic of Fairbanks did a great job and now his eyes sparkle.
The night before surgery
Here's the same pic but zoomed in
We had to be at the hospital at 7:00am with surgery scheduled for 8:00 so we woke him up at 6:30, put him in the car and headed on over. He was such a trooper and never minded any of the poking and prodding that was involved in the pre-op. I was shocked. I thought he would have hated it but he just sat there and watched the nurses work on him. I was so proud.
Afterwards he was a little frantic which we were warned might happen from the anesthesia but after about 30 minutes he was allowed to have some apple juice and began to calm down. The poor child was starving! He hadn't had anything to eat or drink since 7pm the night before. So 6 oz of watered down apple juice and 5 oz of milk later, he was beginning to perk back up and was released to go home a little before 10:00am. 
Mark on his head is to identify the correct eye to operate on
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