12 to 8

We visited Dr. Troia for an eye exam for the first time in a while.  I think the last time we went was in July.  Heidi and I were nervous and excited to see if there had been any changes in Landon's eye sight.  We had been pretty diligent about putting on Landon's pirate eye patch but we have slacked off a little in the past few months.  We weren't sure if what we had done would have changed anything all that much.

The last time we saw Dr. Troia, we talked to him about Landon's left eye.  He has a lazy eye, so he needs the patch to strengthen it.  He had told us that Landon's left eye turned in at a 12 degree angle.  He said that if we didn't correct it by the time Landon was nine years old it would stay that way or we would have to do surgery on his eye to correct it.  Ugh!  Not another surgery!  So, Heidi and I vowed to each other as we left that appointment that we would remind each other to put on the eye patch as much as we thought about it.

We did great!  We put it on him and he would wear it for several hours one day and another it would only last a half hour or so.  But we figured anything was better than nothing.

When we went back to have a follow up with Dr. Troia, he dialated his eyes and took a really good look.  He said that his eyes looked really good!!  The turning had gone from the 12 degrees to 8 degrees!!  That's awesome!!!  We were excited that the patching had worked!  So, we're patching every day.  We're going to try and put it on whenever he has to focus on something, like playing a game or writing or even watching tv.  That way he's working extra hard to focus.

Wish us luck!  Maybe next time we can cut 8 degrees down to 4! :)