10/01/17 Day 75 of Life
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Did you know Stevie wonder lost his eyes sight because retinopathy of prematurity or ROP?
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At this point in our NICU journey, the twins first met their ophthalmologist for an ROP screen. ROP is caused when blood vessels develop abnormally. If ROP progresses and is left untreated, it can cause retinal detachment and blindness. For the reason, we began seeing our wonderful ophthalmologist to track progress.
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We found out both boys did in fact have stage 1 ROP. It was alarming because it could mean another surgery was on the table should the ROP progress, but I wasn’t going there. I didn’t have the engery or time to waste worrying about something that wasn’t happeneing yet.
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Stage I RPO was not a huge red flag, but could certainly become one so our warriors were followed closely…
