It's a month ago, today, since Kate had her surgery. Here are some pics to compare and my current thoughts.
I still think her right eye 'looks' bigger than her left, which was the original thing that I flagged up when she was a tiny baby. The surgery was frontal orbital remodelling, so we thought it was supposed to correct this, as well as her head-shape and the premature fusion of the coronal suture. She still has a little darkness to the skin under her eyes.
Her forehead is definitely more even and rounded, without a flat/dipped bit above HER left eye (looking her and the pics - on the right). I still think her forehead is a bit swollen. I think her facial symmetry is better and this is all good :)
I hadn't noticed her eye being turned in (called a squint) before the op but now I look I can see it was a bit pre-op, but it looks more pronounced now, post-op. We were hoping surgery would avoid her getting a squint.
Now that the stitches are loosening and when the wind blows, you can easily see her scar and stitches , but when her hair grows some more this will be hidden I'm sure.
We've got completely back to normal, going to classes, toddler group and I'm even taking her to a fun place we love with a bouncy castle today. She had a bad knock to the head the other day but she's fine, and we've stopped giving her any medicine at all now as she seems fine & isn't obviously swelling up any more.
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