It's a Miracle!

We went today for Hailey's one year check up on her eyes. I had expected the worst. Hailey was very optimistic and was so cooperative with the tests. When the Dr. did her test he couldn't believe it. He did it two more time to make sure he was right and then he told us the good new. Hailey's eyes had improved so much. Her vision is better now then it has ever been. It was 20/30 in her right eye and 20/25 in her left. I can't even believe it!

On top of that news he said that we could begin patching for only a few hours per day. This made Hailey let out a squeal. We have been patching Morning till night for one year and though Hailey has been a great sport about it, she was thrilled about not having to do it all day.

I asked the Dr. about other forms of vision therapy since she still has practically no depth perception and he said that we should get the book 45 Lazy Eye Exercises. Hey said there were things out there to help with the depth perception. I will just have to look for them.

I wish you all could have seen the look on Hailey's face when they brought out all of the glasses she could choose from. Until now her selection has been pretty limited because of her prescription.

There are still things we will have to do to help with her eyes. Her Farsightedness had gotten worse, and she will always have the terrible Astigmatism in both eyes. We will have to work on her depth perception. And only time will tell about her eye turning. But for now, we could not be happier with this visit! thank you all so much for your prayer!

Is there an eye under there?

Hailey has been great about patching ever since we got the patches from Patch Pals. She has one to match almost every outfit. She has to wear it full time so we felt it was important to get her some she would be happy with.

For the most part everyone has been great about asking her why she has the patch. The kids used to make fun of the band aids, but have never made fun of these which has made patching a whole lot easier.

When we started patching full time the eye Dr. told up that he would check her every month for one year, and then when that year was up we would see where we were with things. Hailey took that to mean that we would only be doing this for one year. On Monday a year will be up and we are going for a full eye exam. Based on the months of checking I don't think we will be done with patching.

I had prepared Hailey for another year of patching and, she was starting to be OK with it. And then it happened. We were on vacation and eating at a restaurant. Hailey had gotten up to go to the restroom and when I turned around to look for her I noticed that she was talking to a man and had a horrified look on her face. I immediately got up and went over there and realized that the man had asked Hailey if she had an eye under her eye patch. REALLY?! I couldn't believe that he would ask her that.

Now Hailey is determined more than ever that Monday will be the end of patching. I'm afraid she is going to be heart broken when she finds out that we will continue. Some people are just plain stupid!

Patching for how long? And encouragement.

We have been going to the eye Dr. once a month for about one year. We started going monthly when we began patching full time. There has been no consistency in Hailey's eyesight. There was one month toward the beginning when we thought she was making progress. She seemed to be seeing better. She was reading so well and was not running into things. When we had her checked that month her eyesight was actually worse. We started out patching for only 4 hrs. a day and then moved to all day.

The emotional journey that patching has been for us is more than you can imagine. This past week we had yet another eye exam. There was a little bit of improvement but not enough for the Dr. to mention. (I only know because I asked the assistant) That means yet another month of patching full time.

I asked the Dr. how long children with this condition patch and he said that he has had kids in eye patches for up to three+ years. This broke my heart. I have been searching the web for even one glimmer of hope when I ran across this great blog post about a nine year old boy who finally saw results. Check it out Here. I am so proud for this little boy and his family. I know that one day will be Hailey's day.