All eyes on the future

About 12 months ago Mike was in urgent care with Rylan again, with an ear infection or strep or something that required yet another doctor visit. The doctor, who we had never met before said to him “you have had his eyes checked right?” The tone of voice the doctor used to ask the question sounded as though we were idiot parents for not having done an eye test. So the following week I took it upon myself to head into a pediatric eye clinic. It was not as though we hadn’t noticed his lazy eye from time to time we just assumed, per our pediatrician it would eventually strengthen up and fix itself.  So as we headed into the clinic for a look at his eyes, I was thinking he would be patched up for a few weeks to strengthen up that eye. But as luck would have it Patch Adams was not the name or look Rylan was going for. Rylan was going for a more studious look. Shortly after we arrived Dr. P let us know Rylan was EXTREMELY farsighted. She put his vision over my eyes and it was a blurry mess. The poor little man had spent the first several months of his life hardly being able to see anything. When his glasses arrived and we put them on him his lazy eye was immediately cured, and he instantly fell in love with his glasses. This photo captured by our daycare provider Sue just days after getting the glasses pretty much speaks volumes for Rylan. This photo is hanging in the eye clinic so everyone can enjoy how sweet he looks in his specks.

Hearing about Rylan’s vision problems was tough at the time, he is so young and it just seemed so unusual. I guess everything is relative because now I laugh at the anxiety I had of him having glasses. He took to them so well and has made so many amazing changes since he discovered the gift of sight. He evens plays a perfect Waldo

Today we had a check up at the eye clinic, he has been wearing glasses since last May and we had not been there for 6 months.  Dr. P explained today that typically kids his age with vision issues tend to worsen before they improve.  Rylan however has gone against statistics…..for the better this time and his eyes have stayed exactly the same. Not worse, not better!  This is more wonderful news for us for a few reasons. 1. His eyes are not getting worse 2. We don’t have to buy more lenses and 3. WE DON’T HAVE TO BE SEEN FOR 12 MORE MONTHS!!!!! Yes!!! That means one less doctor to see for 12 months.

When he was getting sized for glasses Dr. P spent some time with us talking about how to handle Rylan rejecting glasses.  She said he will probably rip them off and throw them across the room; she was giving us tips on getting past these trying times. I had to show her this video when we went in today, clearly the glasses are a high priority for him and throwing them has not been a problem for us.  

Tomorrow is the big day for tubes if we can make it another few hours healthy (we have to cancel it if he gets sick, track record is not in our favor) fingers crossed and prayers needed.