May 18, 2011- 20/200

     My son's eye surgeon (the one who removed the offending congenital cataract back in mid March) told us that he would be happy if "his patient" reached "large print" reading or 20/200 vision in the weak eye, but that it is much more likely he would never get any sight back in that eye since he had been living with the cataract for so long.  Well, today we had an appointment with the doctor to look at my son's toe (which had been caught in a door and become infected), and out of curiosity, we asked him if he would attempt to read the eye chart as he does seem to already be reading out of that eye since returning from the trip stateside. At first, he didn't want to, but finally agreed.  He read the first big "E," then the next 3 letters on the second line with me covering his strong eye really well to make sure he was not tempted to look through his fingers or something like that.  The third line was turning black according to my baby, even when he moved up close, so no reading could be done on that one, but the 2 lines that were read are interpreted on the chart as 20/200! Ha! I love filling up the pessimistic (just giving you the worse case scenario) glass of the "expert," and I can't wait to see what the doc says at his appointment this summer.  If he gets no more than 20/200, it was totally worth every minute of work, travel, and "pennies" to reach this new "milestone" for my son today!