Against All Odds

This has been an emotional week since Miles arrived. We discovered several hours after his birth that he has bilateral congenital cataracts. Within days things began rolling toward their remediation and he is now set for surgery on December 15th when the first eye will have the cataract removed followed by the second eye one week later.

Lucas has been seen by Dr. Ney, a pediatric ophthalmologist, who happened to specialize in cataracts as a resident. She and Miles’ parents are on first name basis and besides that she’s from Montana. The fact that we have this nice, competent physician is very reassuring.

Lucas has been kind to his brother. He pops up and says, “Hi, Miles" whenever he gets a chance. We have lots of snow and ice so Lucas has been busy playing outside after his five hours of preschool.

Right now things are busy as Anna Marie won’t be able to drive until December 15th. So far there's been an appointment each day but maybe things will slow down soon.

Cyd is resting at home and though she is uncomfortable a good deal of the time, she is doing well with those growing babies. So far so good.