Daughter's Eulogy

Friday, July 27, 2012

A Second Opinion



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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