Eye Update

I took Grace in this morning for her eye check up. We last went in April. It is frankly nice to have such long breaks from the eye doctors right now. These appointments are always long as we see about 3 different people who are experts in different things. Thankfully, Grace was happy with a snack and trying to push buttons on the exam chair to get us through the long appointment.

The doctor thinks all looks the same right now and that her bad eye is stable and her good eye looks good. We are currently "medically patching" Grace. What this mean is that I dilate her good eye once a week. However, since we are outside everyday, all day, I haven't been as often because is really bothers Grace and no amount of sunglasses or hats really helps. The doctor understood and said to do it as much as we can and maybe try a real patch once a day....I foresee when I put a real patch on Grace we will have a major meltdown, but we shall see. I also found it kind of funny that the doctor was fine with me not using the eye drop all that much. I think she is finally letting us know that she has done as much as she can to get Grace to gain or use any vision in her bad eye and that medically patching is the end of the road - without really saying it.

So, really no news to report. All looks the same and we don't have to go back for 6 months, which will be nice. The major point the doctor reiterated today was to just make sure she wears her glasses so that we protect her good eye from a freak accident and to keep doing what we are doing. Here's hoping those glasses stand up to Grace's antics!