Well, friends, today is a historic day!! When I saw two missed Facetime calls in a row from Jace, I knew something was up, and I was hopeful that it would be this news. When I left the office and called him back, he proudly announced, "I graduated eye therapy today!!" YAY!! This is big and long-awaited news, and a very happy day for him and Mamaw!! ❤
His Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Garner, was the first to notice the problem with his eyes being disconnected. She has a similar issue and recommended that they try Dr. Damon White, a Vision Skills Specialist in Edmond. After meeting with him and learning more about strabismus, the technical name for his eye condition, Jace started daily eye therapy exercises on October 7th, 2020 (Jeffrey's birthday!). From that day to now, he has spent approximately 45 minutes to an hour-and-a-half doing daily exercises that would train his eyes to work together. They were hopeful about being done around Thanksgiving, so these last two months have been especially difficult.
It's been a lot of hard work, and I'm thrilled for him and for my Mom, who has poured a lot of her time and energy into helping him complete this -- it was a pretty monumental task for an active 9-year-old with a lot of school homework, and very tedious work for his extroverted self. I'm glad we have a few pictures of them working together (and others pitching in here and there), but I'm thinking neither of them will miss these sessions much...
Someone on my Peloton ride tonight had the leaderboard name "QueenMaxine," and I liked that for Mom. lol I'm so happy for both of them to be done with E.T., as Mom calls it!
The eye doctor was very clear from the beginning that if they did not take this seriously, his depth perception would be off and he would be unable to drive in the future. I took him for a very early parking lot driving lesson a few months back just to keep him motivated. lol
Anyway, it's been a very long road, so this was exciting for our whole family! He should win a Dundie Award for being DONE. lol He will still need to practice reading every day, but without all the lenses and green and red bars, and he would need to do that for Accelerated Reader at school anyway, so it's a pretty big win!! #thankful
Quick Life Update: I had prayed for something good/happy to associate with this day, and I'm definitely praising God for this news! My day also included helping someone I love find and connect with close relatives they learned about this year and haven't met yet (it's big, and I love that I got to play a part in facilitating that)... plus applying with DHS for their foster/adoption program and parenting classes... and finally, cooking cheesy pasta and dancing to "I Will Survive" with Cody on an old XOXO ride (it was the first one I tried last year and still probably my favorite, filled with breakup anthems and fun, empowering advice). This month has included two potential adoption situations... both are a no-go at this point, but I feel proud of myself for writing those women and doing what was in my power to pursue that connection. I've been praying that God will open the right doors and close the wrong ones, but I'm also realizing that I at least have to have the courage to knock! lol
I had a Thankful Thursday post all written and scheduled, then I knew I had to write about this when I got Jace's call this afternoon! Thankful for healing, thankful for progress, thankful for big and small joys, and thankful for God's redemptive grace!! ❤
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