Great News!!!

We had another routine check up with Gaga's pediatric opthamologist yesterday and after his examination I finally heard what we had been waiting for. That Gaga's eyesight is getting BETTER! THANK YOU GOD and ST. LUCY!!! He told me that he can now say with certainty that we are on the progressive track with her eyesight instead of the regressive. It took him until now to determine that because he needed to see over time if her sight was improving or not. He said that her astigmatism in her right eye (the one with the cyst) has improved since her last check ups. That was a huge relief for me! I held my tears of joy until we got to the car and then left Daddy a message to call us back!

Although everything is looking much better we will still follow up with the doctor every 4-6 months until she is about 7 years old. The doctor says that eyesight is like wet concrete, it can change and be molded many times until it is set at the age of 7. We will continue to check the astigmatism and make sure she is not starting to favor her left eye since it is stronger than the right. He said that right now she is still using both eyes equally but since she can see more clearly out of her left, over time it could become stronger and cause her right one to become lazy. Which is why he recommended that we try and patch her left (good) eye to get her to predominately use her right one. He would like us to do it for 3 hours a week and if she doesn't like it and continues to try and take the patch off, then not to worry about it (he doesn't think she will leave it on at her age). So I'm not! I'm just looking at it as every minute we have it on will make her right eye that much stronger! I'm also thinking...we will see your 3 hours a week and raise you 3 more! I know she can do it if she is as competitive as me!

They sent us home with a few patches to start with and as soon as she woke up from her afternoon nap (I knew she would do better if she was happy), we stuck that patch on! Sure she tried to take it off, wouldn't you? But after a few minutes of distracting with toys, pulling her hands away and playing horsey, she completely forgot she had it on. At that point I thought, 3 hours? We will get all 3 done in one day. She lasted an hour, not 3! What a trooper! That was much longer than I had originally thought when I first put it on. I was so proud of her! I can easily see us doing that three times a week!

St. Lucy, continue to pray for us!

Of course I took pictures...