eye dr.

this morning was a tough one. i keep taking deep breathes that "whew, we're ok. he's ok" the day after lane was born we noticed his left eye was gooey and watery. they told us in the hospital that it was a blocked tear duct and should heal within a few weeks. at his 2 month, 6 month, 9 month appointments they said it should be healed by his first birthday. well, here we are a month and half away from his first birthday and it hasn't healed, possibly (much) worse. we finally decided to go to pediatric ophthalmologist. they checked his vision (how they do it in a baby, i still don't know), dilated his eye, and dyed his eyes. good news, eyes totally healthy but yes there is a blocked tear duct. so, today they probed his tear duct. it was minimally invasive but hard to watch our little boy cry so hard. just thinking of the three minutes he was strapped down and screaming makes me start crying all over again. we have been so blessed by such a healthy and vibrant little boy, a tear duct is so simple, you feel bad complaining his eye is always so messy. great news!!...the doctor said he could feel the membrane popped when he cleaned it out so we may be goo free from now on. how awesome would that be?! this procedure is 80% effective so we're very anxious to see. (otherwise they would do a surgery and he'd go under anesthesia, which we don't want) as soon as they unstrapped the restraints he stopped crying and held tight to mom. i never knew i could love someone so much.

blessing:
procedure went great!

prayer:
quick healing.

eyes all dilated but still being a wiggle worm. opening, closing, and eating books.

waiting and waiting for the doctor. we enjoyed the disney movies they had playing.

afterwards..."you mean i could be gooey eye free? yippee!!"


i told lane he could have whatever he wanted today just because i feel sorry for him. he's probably going to milk it for all its worth.