June 29, 9:55 PM
Chase & Charissa have been progressively improving. Each are learning how to simultaneously eat while remember to breathe. Not as easy as we thought it would be, but they're learning!!
On Saturday, Chase & Charissa had their eye exams, looking for a disease called "Retinopathy of Immaturity" (Wikipedia.com has an adequate explanation). We knew that both of them would likely incur this disease, the question was simply its severity. Retinopathy can potentially lead to blindness...
Chase has Stage 1 Retinopathy. He will be monitored weekly to see if the condition will worsen. Most preemies will gravitate towards stage 2, but with maturity the disease will fade. Please pray that this would be so with Chase!
Charissa has Stage 1 Retinopathy with "Plus Disease." The Plus disease makes it more likely that she will need laser surgery to help correct her problem. The retinal ophlamalogist specialist will come in on Wednesday to take a look. We hope that Plus is not too severe and that it would either resolve on it's own or would be correctable with surgery. But please pray that Charissa would not need surgery and that her sight would develop normally.
We are truly thankful to our God!! Our children are starting to grow. Both are over 4 lbs!!
May the Eyes of all oure hearts be enlightened!
Choi Family
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We take joy in this positive news, and we continue to partner with you in prayer... that the Holy Spirit would vigilantly shepherd all the millions of biological processes that have to function so perfectly for healthy and normal development.
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