Thursday, September 11, 2008

Follow Up Visit


Luke had this follow up today with Dr. Cassidy, the ophthalmologist that did the surgery. He said Luke is healing nicely, although is left eye is very red. We have increased the frequency and amount of the lacri lube we are putting in that eye. Luke has just not been himself since the surgery at all. He is very lethargic and yesterday at therapy they could not get him to do anything. Dr. Cassidy said he would have expected him to be more animated as a result of the surgery. He thinks Luke could be acting like this because the anesthesia is still wearing off (although it has been over a week and he never had a problem with this before) or because he is just overwhelmed with the vision stimulation he is getting. I asked him about vision therapy, but he did not think it is necessary. He thinks he just needs more time to get used to his eyes being open. I am going to go with my gut on this one and have done a search and found 3 optometrists I am going to call about vision therapy for Luke to see what they say. From the things I read on the web sites, I say he is the textbook person for vision therapy (can I just tell you how very thankful I am for the internet and google in this journey!) This could be just a difference of opinion from an ophthalmologist/optometrist. So if anyone knows of a good vision therapy specialist, I would love their info. Please pray we are led in the right direction on this for Luke so we can get him back to pre surgery Luke. We seem to be at one of those 3 steps forward, 2 steps back points, which I do not like. So, on that note I will close with one of the verses I kept repeating over and over in my head when Luke was first hurt and things were literally hour to hour, and I will be thankful we are no longer there. ."...Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 Believe!

2 comments:

ScrapperGalJen said...

I won't be much help in your area, but I do know that Vision Therapy can work wonders. I worked for an Optometrist for 4 years and was a Vision Therapist for him. I had so many patients that were transformed with these exercises that seem so simple to us. There were some children that could not focus on the letters long enough to identify and process the letters to read them. By the end of your sessions they were reading and didn't even need any glasses at all anymore. Listen to your gut!! My prayers are with all of you. Jen Marshall

Anonymous said...

You know what is in your heart AND your gut and you HAVE to go with it. There is never anything wrong with more than one opinion. I love your verse! Thank you for keeping all of us posted on what is going on. That was a beautiful picture of Luke!
Love & hugs,
Nancy