After two times rescheduling, finally my mom had the IVT injection on Friday morning. It was a quick procedure, only took about two hours. She was scheduled at 8:30 AM and we had to be there by 8.

My mom was at a good condition so there was no pre-treatment before the injection. Unlike when she had lucentis injection, her blood pressure was high at the time and took almost 4 hours for the anesthetic just to lower it. This time her blood pressure reading was 130/80 which was considered “normal” in my mom’s case. At 10:30 AM she was already released from OR.

On Saturday morning, the next day, we came back to the hospital for checkup. Her ophthalmologist said so far the IVT worked fine. The increase of intraocular pressure (IOP) as the side effect of IVT didn’t occur on my mom’s eye. Her tonometry test result showed 11 mmHg which still in the normal range of IOP.

She was scheduled to have another checkup on Thursday morning to see the progress. Hope everything would turn out fine.

Yesterday my mom had an appointment with her ophthalmologist. It was her third check-up after having a lucentis injection for her AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration) treatment on August. Last month her doctor said he would check if my mom still need another injection on her next appointment.

Thankfully, after seeing my mom’s tonometri result yesterday, he said my mom’s eye has responded well to the injection, so no need to do the second injection. Her vision was already stable at 30/100. Her eye condition post glaucoma surgery was also good, with IOP (intraocular pressure) around 9-12 mmHg. So now my mom can continue her life without worrying too much about her eye condition, but her eye still need to be checked-up every month.

A 36D hand-held illuminated magnifier for my mom

After the appointment, her doctor sent my mom to Low Vision department to find a reading aid for her. Ever since she got AMD disease, my mom’s reading ability has dropped significantly. She could not read her Bible anymore as the letters were too small. This has become her main concerns as, for her, Bible was her source of life. She used to read it regularly every morning and for the last few months she was not able to do it. Her doctor said she needed a low vision aid to read small print.

After testing several lenses on her, the optician at the low vision department recommended a hand-held illuminated 9X (36 Diopters) power magnifier with built in LED light as her reading aid. It was actually not an ideal type for reading book as its lens size was only 35 mm so she could only read few letters at a time. But my mom said the most important thing was she could read her Bible again. She would need time to adjust with her new reading aid.