Eliza's eyes

Eliza has her Mommy's eyes....

not in color

but in the way she sees.

Danny was noticing her eyes turning.

I was in complete denial.

Then, Papaw noticed.

Off, to the eye specialist we went.

Eliza has strabismus & is far sighted.

The Dr gave us a prescription for eye glasses with the instructions for her to wear them all the time.

It took us a while to find glasses to fit her little face. Maybe, I didn't want to find glasses to fit her sweet face.

She took to the glasses better than we could have expected! She has done great!

We had a follow up visit with the specialist to see how Eliza was doing in her glasses.

This was to be a quick appointment.

Just look at her eyes.

Check the prescription of the lens.

Then we get to go.

That's not what happened.

The Dr wants to do surgery.

Did she know she was not even 2 yet?

Apparently, the glasses are helping w/ her vision & keeping her eyes from turning when she is looking around or looking far out.

But...

Her eyes still turn when focusing on something up close.

She won't grow out of this.

Surgery is set in just a couple weeks & I am sick thinking of it.

Getting the surgery won't mean she won't have to wear the glasses.

Also, the Dr wants to start patching.

I let Eliza pick out one.

She picked a pink one w/ a purple butterfly on it.

She won't wear it!

Today is her birthday & I won't dare put her through that.

There's tomorrow.

I will make her wear it, even though it breaks my heart.

I will b/c I don't want her to have Mommy's eyes.