We had really hoped to be done with eye patches long before this point. We had assumed (way back when) that Teague would have a single surgery and then all would be great. We’ve now had six surgeries and we are still patching one of his eyes. At his last eye checkup, the ophthalmologist confirmed that his left eye is finally at an equal strength to his right. (I was mentally jumping for joy and thinking this would be an end to eye patches.) Then she informed me they would like us to continue to patching for 3 months and we’d talk at his next checkup. Teague is occasionally grumpy about the eye patches but overall has a good attitude. He likes to pick out his eye patch and can put it on himself when he is in the mood. The current recommendation is to wear it for 6 hours on the right eye every day. The truth is we wear it for 4 hours five days a week, but that seems to be getting the desired results.
Month: April 2015
Kaitlyn tends to get unhappy outside. I’m pretty sure it is the sun in her eyes. She also gets unhappy if I put a hat on her head or sunglasses on her eyes. I am working very hard to get her used to both of these. Today we worked on the sunglasses and she finally seeemed to leave them alone and enjoy the outdoors – until I put her down and she felt the grass on her feet.
We stopped by the book fair before soccer tonight. My mistake was allowing Teague to bring the books as entertainment on the sidelines. It’s been a struggle for Alex (and the rest of the team) to stay interested in the game. They would much rather hear about the Lego guys. We did finally read the book to the entire team at half-time.
Abram (Alex’s best friend from Milwaukee) sent him a “Flat Abram” with instructions to tour Kansas City and send pictures back to Abram’s school. Flat Abram had been to school with Alex and to a few sporting events but nothing that seemed to really represent Kansas City. Alex, Kaitlyn, and I made a day of touring Kansas City with Flat Abram. Then I spent tonight getting all the pictures ready to mail to Milwaukee. Here’s a collage of Flat Abram’s visit with Alex.
Problem child – at 9 months. She will not sit in high chairs, shopping carts, etc. She is fully buckled into this thing and the minute I turn around this is what she does! Later in the day I actually caught her up on the counter in the two seconds I had my back turned. (I never even used the buckles with my other two – at any age!)
Kaitlyn needed her normal 6:15 bottle but as a treat to me went right back to sleep. I was already awake so I just curled up on the couch to reach. I heard whispering in the boys’ room and then Alex came tiptoeing down the stairs. He wanted to surprise me with breakfast. He was a little unhappy to already see me awake but was happy to go ahead and make me breakfast anyway. He was a little hampered by what he could reach and open but the idea was so sweet and I thoroughly enjoyed my granola bar and string cheese!
Then the festivities had to wait till after Wade got home from work. He came home with Chinese food and my favorite chocolate cake from Cheesecake Factory. (He’s a very good husband – and smart too!)
This is just a quick disclaimer. My daughter’s name is definitely spelled Kaitlyn and I do know how to spell it. The auto spell check on my computer likes to change Kaitlyn to Caitlin and often does it without me catching it. So in the event a post gets published with Kaitlyn’s name spelled wrong – please know it wasn’t my fault! I do know the difference!