Oakley's Procedure

Oakley has had a blocked tear duct since he was born. We kept hoping that it would eventually go away. Finally at one year we decided it was time to get it taken care of. The Doctor told us that infection could set in if we didn't get it fixed soon.
Oakley had an appointment with the optometrist. His vision is perfect, but the duct is blocked. Oakley loved looking at all the instruments while we waited.

October 4th was Oakley's procedure. We arrived early in the morning because he couldn't eat or drink anything.  Poor little guy was sleeping so soundly when we woke him up to go.

They had us change Oakley into a gown and put little booties on. Those socks would not stay on! but I think Oakley enjoyed the attention and sitting in the big chair by himself.

 

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 They came and took Oakley. about 30 minutes after we got there.
They put a mask on him to breath in the medication that would knock him out. Then the optometrist put a probe through the duct and down the nose (from what I understand). He said that he heard a lot of popping as he went through which proves it was blocked.
Once Oakley breathed out the medication stuff, he woke up. We heard him wake because he was crying hard. They then brought him back to us.The procedure lasted all of 10 minutes before we got him back.

We tried to hold him and calm him down but all that he wanted to do was sit on the floor by himself. He was more than content to just eat snacks (breakfast) and drink some juice. Poor guy. I felt so bad and and want to just snuggle him. Once he was eating he calmed right down and didn't cry again. They kept us another 15-20 minutes just to make sure he was doing well, then we went home.
Oakley was a little lethargic when we got home. Once he had a nap, he was up and running and his regular old self. His eye looks so much better and he doesn't wake up with gunk in his eye or have it overly watery. Yay for medical advances!