Dr. Anna Park, MD

If the white part of your eyes are yellow, it is a condition called jaundice. It means that your bilirubin is high and is a sign of liver inflammation/disease. You should seek medical care immediately.

The recovery from cataract surgery depends on a number of factors including any pre-existing diseases that she may have had. In addition, if there were any complicating factors during the surgery, that can also affect the vision. Ten days after surgery, her vision may be blurred due to corneal edema particularly if the cataract was dense and required a lot of energy to break up or if your mother had a condition called Fuch’s Dystrophy which puts her at risk for prolonged corneal edema after surgery. It may be as simple as uncorrected refractive error — meaning she needs glasses to get her best vision. She may have glaucoma (an optic nerve problem) or a retinal issues such as diabetic retinopathy. Her physician should be able to explain why her vision is still blurred after 10 days. She may just need more time to heal.

Colored contact lenses are safe as long as they were fit for you by a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist. If they are not fit properly, you risk having an infection, which can cause long-term vision loss.

Toss them.

Your son’s bacterial eye infection should be improved after two weeks of antibiotic treatment. There are other conditions which can exhibit similar symptoms. At this point, I would recommend that he see a pediatric ophthalmologist for further evaluation.