Wobbly Eye Surgery

In August Jackson had eye surgery (Strabismus). Ryan and I noticed when he was about 18 months old in pictures that one of his eyes was not "straight on". He was refered to a specialist who followed him for the past 2 years. We tried patching, which was frusterating for him and then us. It slowly progressed to drifting on both eyes. Ryan, Tanner, and I saw it daily and frequently but for the most part people never noticed that his eyes were lazy. It was most apparent when he was looking at things in the distance or tired.

When we took him back for a 3 year check up, his symptoms had increased from mild to moderate. It was recommended to us to have the eye muscle surgery. We had one more pre-op appointment before sugery and I was hoping it would actually be something that we could hold off on. Our doctor was very frank and believed it was a necessary procedure. It was hard to commit to because it was not something that was easily noticable on Jackson. But we had noticed him tripping more and also knew reading and comprehension would be tougher if his eyes were not straight on.

He had the 2 hour surgery and an uncomfortable 24 hour recovery. He was back to normal after a week. Truly, I find it miraculous the things medicine and skilled doctors can do.

We prayed for the surgeons hands. Each child seemed to remember to ask for blessings on the doctors leading up to the surgery.

We had not mentioned the surgery at church and yet before I knew it Jackson's little friends brought over a candy bouquet and Joni and Lisa brought in meals- more like feasts!- so I could just take care of Jackson and nothing else. Such loving appreciated gestures!

As of right now, we still see drifting, but it's much much improved. We knew that there could possibly be another corrective surgery down the road. But, that's down the road.