A Teething Pirate

Calvin got his first contact in his left eye today, which means that patching his right eye should be more effective now. Dr. Wallace told us to patch his good eye for 5 hours every day, which will be a challenge. Here he looks happy, but he does not like to be patched....can't blame him. He is too smart for his own good- constantly trying to "cheat" by rubbing his eye against something to shift the patch just enough to get a glimpse with his good eye. Needless to say, while he is patched, he needs constant supervision to recover the good eye. Maybe he will not mind the patching so much as time goes on.

I was hoping that there would be some magic procedure that would make the insertion and removal of the lens less traumatic than I would expect with a baby. Unfortunately, there is no magical process. It is brute force. Sad. It took 3 of us at the doctor's office to restrain his limbs, hold his head steady, and insert the lens. We'll have to do this twice a week (take it out one evening and put it in the next morning), so hopefully both Calvin and I will get better at it over time. There is the possibility that when he is 8 or so we could have a permanent lens surgically inserted, but the doctors seem to think that sticking with contacts for the rest of his life might be the better way to go.

Though it is challenging to do all this, we are thankful that he has this opportunity to maybe see out of his left eye if that is what God wants.

On a side note, Calvin is teething, and he already has 2 bottom teeth poking through! I could not get much of a glimpse as he rarely lets us see the teeth, so here is the best shot I could get.