Lost and Found

Tommy has been wearing contacts for about 5 weeks now... and he finally lost one.  Of course, we were not at home, and he had not been home since we put it in this morning.  We noticed that it was missing at gymnastics... and my mind was racing.  For some reason, this made me super-stressed, which is silly, since it was only a matter of time before one was lost.  We poked all around his eye, poor little guy, and finally we admitted defeat.  I looked in his car seat (covered in a fuzzy sheep-skin blanket) and there it was!!!  Covered in lint, but happily sitting right at the bottom.
My obsessive-compulsive preparation came in handy here.  I had dutifully prepared a kit with contact lens solution, contact case, and extra patches.  Today, we needed it!  We rescued the contact and stored it safely in the contact solution.  Phew, it is like I just saved $260!

Patching Works!

We went for another follow-up visit to the ophthalmologist (1 month post-op)... and finally had some good news!  Tommy's original contact prescription was +32 diopters, at the last visit it changed to +23 D.  That is a significant change!  To put it in a little perspective, a typical farsighted contact prescription for an adult would be ~+3.1D.
While Tommy's prescription is still a HUGE correction, it represents positive results!  The doctor and the nurse were impressed with his progress.  He patches 2 hours per day,while not easy, it has been worth it!  They also mentioned that his eye was getting bigger- more good news!  Since he has PHPV it is (was?) possible that the eye wouldn't grow.  So, the eye is growing and seems to be improving.  We won't be able to tell his real vision prognosis until later, but for now, I choose to be optimistic!