HeatherSue- Love the "whipped up" outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I am just jumping in here real quick! (My parents are stopping here tonight on their way to florida and I need to CLEAN everything before they get here!!!!)
Hannah had her 2 eye appointments this week.
(refresher- she had appt with first Dr (not surgeon) who said she felt she has Esotropia and required surgery)
Appt #2- met with surgeon (local) and he said nope, she has Duane's syndrome, a congenital birth defect, can not be fixed with surgery, her head will tilt some, have poor depth perception on left side, and favor right side, approach her from right, maybe glasses with prism when she is older- nothing else they can do)
Appt #3- With Surgeon at different practice- over hour from my house, he is with the Children's Medical Center, and the office is geared specifically towards children- I like that. Turns out he has written papers, medical journals, etc on both subjects.
She doesn NOT have duane's syndrome (and he proved it to me by showing her eye is capable of going past the midway point) she DOES have esotropia and she will need surgery in about 2 months.
So its been a roller coaster the last 3 weeks- first I hated the idea of surgery, but then I hated the idea of a child with a permenant birth defect that would make it difficult for her to drive, function on her left, etc. So, now, while surgery is always scary, I am hopeful that we can assist her eyes so that this will not be lasting.
I would have LOVED to finish a patricia tunic for my Mom in time for Valentine's Day- but I haven't cut the fabric- almost done taping pattern. It needed to be done today. Hannah has been cranky with all the eye drops, so it's been impossible.
Her valentine's dress I'm told was a hit (I missed it because Dad had to take her to Pre-K) Imagine a Father in the parking lot at school, making sure her dress and petti are all perfect before going in to school- YUP- he took on that role without a single complaint! God Bless him.

When I was a baby I had 2 lazy eyes and my vision was SO bad I was legaly blind. My mom took me to dr after dr from the time I was 6 months old and everyone thought my mom was a cared young (she was only 20) new mom who was worrying about nothing. She finally found a great dr who listened to her and he saved my sight. I went through countless therapies, medicine and surgery to help my vision and correct my lazy eyes. Well in my early 20's that same dr actually told my my vision had progressed so much I didn't need glasses/contacts. I did keep wearing the contacts for the lazy eye.
Recently my dad had brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and my mom noticed his left eye swaying. So his OT gave him some Therapy and it is now fine. My mom and the OT talked for a a long time about all the new treatments for lazy eyes etc and my mom was amazed at the things they can do now and frankly she thinks if I was a baby now I wouldn't even have to worry about a lazy eye.
My point I am trying to she is from a little kids stand point. She will be fine you are a good mom and the fact you are being SO proactive means she will be just fine.

An update for those of you who remember me mentioning my dad being dx'd with brain cancer around New years. Thank GOD his is doing amazing! There are only small effects from the actual surgery he even went back to work for a few hours one day last week. He started the chemo and radiation about a week and a half ago. So far he has only had 1 day where he is nauseous. He is tired but that is to be expect. They are being very aggressive in his treatment because for the most part besides the cancer he is in great health. I just pray with all my heart he can fight this and we can get an all clear in a few months and put this nightmare behind us.