Leaky, Goopy Eyes

Everyone who sees Addison begins the conservation with a comment like, "Oh, look at ALL THAT hair! I have never seen a baby with so much hair!" Then, they usually make a comment about how cute she is or how she is such a petite baby with doll features. That's when they make a comment about how Addison's "leaky eyes" or something like "Oh, she's been crying" or they see all the yellow goop stuck in her eyes and start commenting that she must be sick.
Addison has had these goopy, leaky eyes practically since birth. Both eyes continually water, and several times a day I wash all the yellow goop out of her eyes. We did two different rounds of antibiotic drops from the pediatrician. After the 2nd round, I went back to the pediatrician to try a different antiobiotic drop. He said that since the drops hadn't worked that if they hadn't cleared up by her 6th month checkup we would discuss what needed to happen.
So, here's the plan. The pediatrician sent us to the eye doctor; Addison did NOT like going to the eye doctor! She didn't mind the nurse too much, but the minute the eye doctor put on his equipment that helps him look into eyes, she immediately started crying! She turned toward me and held out her arms and buried her face in my chest. The eye doctor distracted her with a light up toy, which kind of worked.
The eye doctor says that both of her eyes have clogged ducts. So, on December 18th she will have a procedure done to correct this. She will be put to sleep and then the eye doctor will insert this very thin metal line to unplug the duct. He will unplug the right eye, but in the left eye (which is much more leaky/goopy) he will leave the metal line in her eye for 6 weeks. He said that there will be a small white rubber band like thing sticking out of the corner of her eye to help them retrieve it at her 6 week post checkup. This is insure that it won't plug up again.
I'm nervous about putting her to sleep. The pediatrician said that they don't always put the babies to sleep, but the eye doctor really prefers to do it this way so that she isn't scared and wiggling around everywhere. So, this will be the first big medical issue we've had with Addison. Addison really hasn't even been sick yet, except maybe a small cold here and there. We just pray that everything will be okay and that this will take care of those leaky, goopy eyes!