I can't believe it has been 3 days since I have had time to write! And of course right now, I am trying to get to bed! Today Joel had a visit with the pediatric ophthalmologist. Rewind a bit... in January Joel was diagnosed with Amblyopia. A term that folks might recognize is "Lazy Eye." I have learned to hate that term! There is nothing LAZY about it! Basically, his left eye has become dominant and his right eye is starting to suffer. His brain is basically ignoring his right eye causing it to drift inward. It is very obvious now. We have been patching for 2 hrs a day for the last month. Our visit to the doctor today was to review that patching and see what is going on. Basically, nothing is going on. There has been NO improvement. I was not surprised because I see Joel every day and have noticed that his eye looks WORSE to me! Anyway, now the doctor wants us to patch for at least 4 hrs a day, if not more. We go back at the end of the month. I REALLY hope there is some improvement. He is so young and it is so frustrating that so far we haven't helped at all! I will end up taking Sarah to the eye doctor soon as well. I am reasonably sure her eyes are ok, but I wouldn't be surprised if she needed glasses soon. She takes after mommy!
Sarah has decided NOT to take naps lately. UG!!!! As soon as she emerges from her room, she asks to watch Dora and Diego. So, now there is no TV if she hasn't napped. She is so cranky and just no fun to be around when she doesn't nap!!! So, hopefully this helps! BUT, it has been two days now that she has not napped and thus, no TV and I think she likes it! That was my one hour of free time each day. I could get supper going or just have a bit of time to myself! We will see how tomorrow goes. Oh, what to do... OK, now it is REALLY late and I am seriously off to bed... if I can make it up the stairs!
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