Thoughts on protective shields on eyes at night
My 11 year-old had cross-linking surgery on Thursday morning (2.5 days ago). The first day was challenging for him, but he was able to get through it. The second day in the morning was a little bit rough, but better than the day before. By the afternoon, a couple of his friends came by to visit and his whole demeanour perked up. He ended up going to the mall wearing his sunglasses, of course indoors and outdoors. He was told by the doctor to wear the sunglasses all day, indoors and outdoors and while sleeping with a stocking wrapped around it to hold in place. I don’t have anything to hold it in place so the first night he just wore the sunglasses by themselves without anything holding it in place. He didn’t wear the sunglasses to bed on the second night. And tonight will be the third evening. Is it necessary to wear the sunglasses or have a protective patch? He doesn’t sleep on his stomach and he’s still has the bandages on his eyeballs which will be removed on Tuesday. Today he’s doing amazingly well and said his eyes feel like normal as though he never even had surgery.
Have most of you been told to wear protective shields on your eyes while you sleep? Should I be concerned even though my son says his eyes are perfectly fine now?