Gabriella's Eyes

On our vacation to Ohio I noticed that Gabby's left eye was starting not to dialate correctly. I knew the pressure where returning in it. When we got home Wednesday night it had started to get cloudy and allot bigger. First thing on Thursday morning I was on the phone talking to nurses, who refused to get her in fast "due to them being so busy" So I informed them they needed to go find Dr. Hurdle or Dr. Mitchel and have them return our phone call as soon as possible. With in the hour Dr. Mitchel called back and told me To come when ever we could make it Friday, and not to listen to the nurse. She told me to start her drops (that they informed us to keep just in case this happened) and she would see her the next day. Well we could not even make it our of our driveway Friday morning so after talking to Dr. Mitchel again she said as long as we were there before 2 it would not matter. Friday afternoon John took Gabby up to Children's Hospital to have her pressures check. To our dismay Dr. Hurtle has resigned, and we were seeing a regular eye doctor who knew nothing of what was going on. I was pleased that Dr. Mitchel was there to do all of the work, and knew what Gabby's eye had looked like before her surgery's and what it looked like after her surgery's. Yes I was right. Her pressure was a little high, but they think my fast acting and using her drops prevented any more damage being done. We have to use her one drop 3 times a day, and the other only at night. She goes back on next Friday at 2 to see Dr. Mitchel again. At this point they are going to drop down the times of the drops and wait one more week. At that Apt. they will decide if she needs another operation to put a tube in her left eye to keep the pressure from returning. While there John had asked Dr. Mitchel why SSI had denied her claim for her "not being blind enough for there standards" She look at John and said " she is legally bind" "and the only thing we told them was she could respond to light" They actually had checked off that she was legally blind! This was a shock to us. She is printing up a letter for us to turn in at our appeal hearing. I guess what makes me the most angry is that Gabby is suffering from "the extras" that she don't have to have but would help her.... All because some person in some office decided that she was not Blind enough, and that "her other condition was fixed with surgery" ~her shunt in their eyes made her brain grow back" She has what she needs don't get me wrong, but if we had SSI insurance they would cover way more, with less hassle to get it.