Carter has had a good day today. He has had no changes to his high flow nasal cannula or his feeds. He did have an eye exam today that we are waiting on the results of. We are assuming no news is good news. The eye exam is necessary to look at the retina to detect any evidence of retinopathy of prematurity. In this condition vessels that supply the retina (the light sensitive nerve tissue that lines the inside back wall of the eye) grow abnormally and can cause varying degrees of vision problems with the worst being blindness. Stevie Wonder is a well-known person who actually has retinopathy of prematurity that caused his blindness when he was born 6 weeks early. In most cases it can resolve on its own, with laser therapy or surgical procedures. I hope you all enjoyed your preemie lesson of the day now enjoy the picture below!
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