Seeing Red

K went to the eye doctor a couple weeks ago and discovered she is farsighted and has Amblyopia in her left eye. Amblyopia has been referred to as "lazy eye," but we were informed that this is a misnomer. She has not complained about her eyes at all, except when she is given a sight test. The doctor prescribed glasses for her to wear all the time. She'll go back in about a month to have another evaluation to see if she'll need eye therapy to help with her progress. She picked out her own glasses and the color (with a little help from DH and I). We went to pick them up and K was shown how to properly care for her new lenses and how to be careful with them. Since her left eye has an already strong stigmatism for her age, she'll likely have to wear them indefinitely. The good news is that we caught her vision issues early enough that the Amblyopia may clear up within a couple of years, but the far-sightedness is here to stay. The silver lining is that there is always Lasik surgery when she's older. :) DH is hoping to have the surgery himself sometime within the next year or two. Here is our cutie pie...

K before

With her new red glasses

Always the ham

My beautiful girl with her fabulous new eyes.