So the other day was K and E’s appointments with the ophthalmologist. K was just having a follow-up, of course, after all of her NICU stuff. E was a different story, though. In March, he had an eye test with the optometrist who found out within seconds, that his left eye is lazy. It is the true definition of “lazy” – it looks fine, it points the right directions but he is apparently 90% on his way to being blind in that eye. His vision in that eye is 20/400 while his right eye is 20/20!

The first step is to try glasses. We ordered them that same day and hopefully they will be in early this next week. Since the lenses are going to be super thick, they are using the thinnest kind possible, which is quite expensive. But to save us money, since the right eye doesn’t need much correction at all, they’re just using “normal” lenses in that side. The doctor seemed to say that contacts would be better, but because E is only 6, we’re not going to do those now. I’d end up being the one having to put them in and I don’t even put them in my own eyes. I don’t think I can do it and even if I could, I think he’d fight me too much. When he gets older, he can get some if he wants – as it seems he’s going to have to have correction forever. The doctor gives the chances of his eye catching up with the other one as “fair to poor.”

It’s just another unwanted thing we have going on right now. It’s crazy how much is going on right now. Of course, I am happy it’s not something untreatable or terminal, it’s just eyesight in one eye, but still…

So we will see how this goes. Most likely he’s also going to have to start wearing a patch. The doctor wants to see him again in July after he’s had some time with the glasses. So we’ll see…