Last week my mom’s right eyelid was red. There seemed to be a tiny cyst on her
eyelid. I spoke with her nurse who said she
was aware of the cyst, but not doing anything at this time. She thought the redness and the cyst might go
away. The nurse suggested that mom not
rub her eyelid because rubbing her eyelid would make it worse.
When I saw mom this pass Monday, not only was her
eyelid very red, the original tiny cyst had grown at least five times
bigger. Mom said her eyelid itched, but
she was trying hard not to touch it.
I spoke with her nurse and requested that the
doctor take a look at mom’s eye. I
received a call on Tuesday from the hospice nurse that the doctor recommended mom
should go to an eye doctor to have the cyst surgically removed.
When I contacted the eye doctor, they insisted
that they could not schedule her for surgery unless the eye doctor first
examined mom. So Jamie took mom to the
eye doctor the following day. The doctor
thought mom might be able to avoid surgery.
He felt that taking antibiotics for a month might eliminate her eye
problem entirely.
We agreed with the eye doctor if mom’s eye can be
healed without surgery that might be her best bet. Why put mom through unnecessary surgery or
pain?
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