Miri's procedure, Part V (or "The case of the missing plug")

Since the last chapter of the "Miri's Procedure" chronicles, she has been doing fine. No fever. No ER trips. No middle-of-the-night awakenings. We figured we were in the clear until Miri's 6-week post-op checkup when she would have the punctal plug and tube removed from her left eye.

Miri just had a plug on the bottom since her upper tear duct is obstructed by bone.

However, somewhere along the line, Miri took care of the plug herself.

I'm not sure when, how or where the plug and tube went missing, but I do know that when I pulled her lower lid down Sunday to have a peek at the plug, it seemed to be missing. I called the ophthalmologist's office yesterday, and we went in to see the doctor today.

The good news: Even though Miri somehow got her grubby fingers on that tiny plug and pulled it out early, her eyes appear to be just fine. As long as we can keep her sinus-infection free for the next month or so, she should be in the clear. (A sinus infection would cause inflammation that could close up her lower ducts again.)

The bad news: I have no idea where that plug and tube are. Did she ingest it after yanking it from her eye? Is it hiding in her bedding somewhere? Have the big girls found it and used it as an accessory for their Barbies?

We may never know.