Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Crumbs and Eggs

I can vividly remember days when I cried and cried wondering if Tommy would ever be able to see out of his eye- heck, I remember wondering if he'd LOSE his eye.  (I'm not pretending these were rational thoughts).  I continually wonder just how much he will see.  He's two- he can't really tell me what he can see, how much he can see, how clearly he can see, and I'm pretty sure that the tests the docs do in the office are not detailed enough for my paranoid mind. 

But, then, I knew.

While patched (with glasses) Tommy picked up a crumb from his highchair tray.  A toast crumb, a little, tiny crumb!  He picked it up and said "What's Dat?"  (Which is favorite phrase right now)  OK, and so at this point I also have to admit it was lunch-time and the crumb was leftover from breakfast, but the point is, HE CAN SEE!
This is a "reenactment" that I made him pose for (after I cleaned up his tray)

He can see out of "the eye".  This eye that has consumed so much of my worry, so much of my thoughts of him.  It works!  Sure, we still have the patching and the bifocals and the 'life is not fair for me' to deal with (or at least, I am anticipating the life is not fair part).  But, it works, IT WORKS!

The "eggs" portion has nothing to do with the eye- but has everything to do with making me smile.  We went to an Easter Egg hunt in town, where you could hunt for 10 eggs, then trade them in for a prize.  Tommy LOVED hunting for eggs- he didn't even care to look in them- just loved collecting them.  But, the poor little guy threw a serious screaming tantrum when we had to turn them in.  Since he is kid #4, this is funny stuff.  Embarrassing, sure, but since he had the patch on, I'm pretty sure people just looked the other way!

Egg hunting is serious business!
On Easter Sunday (the next day) we had an egg hunt at home... Again, didn't care to look in them (these had candy!) just loved collecting them.

5 comments:

  1. Hurray for crumbs!!!!! I am doing a happy dance for Tommy right now. It is so frustrating when they can't tell us what they can see (hence us starting flash cards of the pics in the vision test) so to see something functional that shows us they can see is awesome. As for the eggs, I am sure next year he will want to dump them. Jed had to open each egg as he found them. I love the pic in his pj's. So cute!

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  2. YAY!!! This is so exciting! Who knew that you would be this excited about crumbs one day when you began your journey as a mom with #1? That is so, so exciting and I am so glad you shared!

    Also, hilarious about the egg tantrum. I kind of see his point, really. I mean, he worked hard to find those eggs!

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  3. Everyday I find myself wondering what my daughter can see and she's 13 months now, wearing a contact and patching. I do little 'tests' - placing rice puffs around on the kitchen floor... I'm pretty sure she can find them, but it's just so hard to tell what she can see. I can't wait for the day when she can tell us, or when doctors can tell us! I love the 'he can see' moments!

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  4. Oh how I love vision confirming moments!!! A crumb!!! I can imagine your excitement, that's one fine detail he CAN see. ;)

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