Thursday, July 19, 2012

It's tough to get mad...

Remember how I said patching was going well? That was short-lived. Tommy regularly rips it off and we are back to spending a fortune in patches!
What is funny is... The older he gets, the more he understands. He KNOWS it is wrong, but does it anyway. He has started to pull it off, bring me the patch and say "HIiiiii!!!!" and give me the sweetest little smile, as if to say "I'm so cute, you aren't mad, right?". And it's true, this always makes me laugh. I still get a new patch, but I do it with a smile!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

No news is good news

I've been very lax at keeping this blog up.  There are many reasons why:  I have 4 kids, I work full time, I like to sleep, just to name a few.  However, the main reason I haven't posted.... is that I have nothing to say!  Life has been pretty calm in the eye world for us:
We did have a recent ahh appointment 2 months ago.   No news (which is GOOD news!).  They checked pressures for the first time, they are fine (YAY!) and Tommy didn't mind the test (yay again- no EUA!).  No new vision tests (no cards or anything, I'm jealous!  See Eye Charts from "See the Distance").  No glasses (and I've been waiting and waiting for those!)  This appointment was just after our long series of contact losses where I nearly lost my mind... and perhaps shared that politely ummm, dramatically, with the optical technicians on the phone.  I guess they make note of such outbursts in medical charts.  Our PO asked how it was going and said oh-so-nonchalantly that if he kept losing them, we could consider surgery.  YIKES.  Hello wake-up call.  We really hadn't thought it was THAT extreme.  I guess inability to tolerate a lens is grounds for surgery.  Luckily, that has settled out a bit.

Knock on wood, cross my heart, pray for me, or whatever else will work... but we are in a relatively good place.  Patching isn't going horribly and we haven't lost a contact in over a month.  I'm trying not to expect badness... and am trying to enjoy this moment of peace.  I know it won't last forever, so I'm enjoying while I can!


Eye-wise, life is pretty boring!
 In other news:
     We attended the wedding of a really good friend:

Tommy wearing the tux in action.
GQ has already called.


And little man got a haircut!  (It was time- Tommy spent some time in the ER for trouble breathing... and the nurse thought he was a GIRL!)

The Before
The AFTER