A Quick-eye Post.....



A couple of months ago we took Tristin to see a new pediatric ophthalmology specialist out of U of M since he has so many problems with his eyes. The specialist was great and was able to determine almost immediately things that our Children's Hospital ophthalmologist couldn't in three years of appointments. He was diagnosed with amblyopia, strabismus and an astigmatism.  He changed his prescription almost completely in his bad eye, and slightly in his other eye which isn't good but is not as bad as the other eye. Sigh. For the first time in his life he isn't complaining about his prescription. It brings this momma such peace knowing that his prescription isn't causing him discomfort. Aside from God healing him or having lasik surgery, vision will always be an issue for him.

For some reason the reality of his vision issues have been really hard for me lately. I have been aware of the severity of his eye issues for some time now, the diagnosis didn't change just his prescription. Before we left the office I asked the doctor if any surgery could be done to correct his eyes and he said no, not until he is an adult and gets lasik surgery. I think that was the first time anyone had been so honest. The other doctors just told us things like only time will tell and we will have to wait and see.

 

The following day we had an appointment for Greysen. We knew he had some serious eye alignment issues. The Children's ophthalmologist intern couldn't even find any issues with his eyes, which was surprising to us since they go wonky all the time. She had told us we had to wait until he was older to "break him down", whatever that means. The resident came in, the intern gave her take, he took a quick look and said bring him back in a year. We were fairly disappointed since we knew how often he was having issues making his eyes align however, we decided to follow their direction since they were the doctors. When we took him in to see the new eye specialist he was in disbelief that they couldn't find anything. It was just a few seconds before he was able to identify it. He checked his eyes thoroughly and informed us his vision is good but he needs surgery for the hypertropia and strabismus. Looking back I am surprised I didn't panic a little bit but I think I was just so happy someone could fix his eye that without hesitation I quickly agreed. His surgery is on the 19th of this month so just a week away. The doctor is going to do surgery on both eyes at the same time. I am a little nervous, not so much for the surgery, his doctor is highly respected in his field. I am just unsure of how he will feel after the surgery. From what we hear he will be uncomfortable for a couple of weeks after the surgery. Not in any major pain but there will be blood in the eyes and a mucus that will be kind of like pink eye. His eyes may also be itchy. Certainly not the worst thing that could happen, but when it's your little boy it feels scary. I am handing over to God again and again. I probably will have to continue to hand it over until he is all healed up and I hear the report that his eyes are aligning properly.