On September 13th we took Alex to see his opthalmologist who assessed Alex's vision. The good news is that both of his eyes can see normally. The bad news is that the nerve that controls his left eye's straight-to-left movement is not working, resulting in his left eye looking like a lazy eye.
To remedy this we have to put a patch over his right eye, forcing the left to try to work. Doc says that most of the time the nerve can recover but if he hasn't seen any improvement by the Dec 14th appointment then Alex will need surgery to make his eye straight. The surgery will force his eye straight but it won't ever look around normally, so here's praying for nerve recovery!!!
We call the patches 'pirate patches' and Alex doesn't like them much but is generally a good sport about it. We have since found smaller patches, this one is adult sized:
Way to go guys, you are doing so well and staying positive. Alex you are such a little trooper. may God bless you and heal you. Love Jen & the McConnells
ReplyDeleteI would never have thought that so much joy could come from one short video. "Yes I can" I Love that.
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Great job Alex! What a beautiful miracle :) thank you Jesus!! Will keep praying for his eye
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OH man that made my day... I love that he said yes I can... Awesome!!! Smilz
ReplyDeleteawww that is so sweet. What a miracle.
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