April 7, 2011-Choosing New Eyes...

     This morning, my baby ordered his first pair of glasses.  Of course, he chose one of the most expensive pair of frames at the local Wal-Mart optometry center, but that's okay.  Whatever will make him feel most comfortable and normal with his new eyes, at least for now. He is 20-20 in his good eye, so he has only a minimal prescription in that side of the glasses, but on the weaker side, which is the left, he has a fairly thick bi-focal lens to magnify and perfect the sight the corrective lens was put in to correct which the cataract had taken away over the years of his very young life.  At first, I was concerned that we had taken such a long trip away from school, home, and life back on the island that was not necessary since he's done now with the surgery and doctor's appointments until the summer, when he will have another follow up to check on how he sight has improved, but now I realize how important it was to stay as the glasses with take 7-10 days to be made and arrive, and it will give us extra time to help him get used to wearing the patch and glasses before he goes back to school for the last 2 months of the year.  The doctor suggests we give the patching therapy through the summer to ensure we've done all we can encourage the weak eye to see again, so the fun begins now.  Mr. Gant is excited about his new glasses because he says that will help his weak eye see better. At this point, we are very encouraged because if he holds pictures or text up very close to the weak eye with the good eye patched, he can identify some objects, colors, and even a large print word here and there, so we agree that the magnification the glasses will provide could make a huge difference.  But for today, it's a waiting game, hoping and praying the glasses come in sooner than expected, so we can get started sooner rather than later opening up his world with his new eyes!