Thank You, Saint Lucy

I am privileged to be teaching a class called 'Alphabet Saints' to the K-2 students in our co-op. I love knowing about them and teaching the little ones to rely on this 'cloud of witnesses' as they go through life.

Today, Annie went for a follow-up eye exam. As a preemie, she suffered from R.O.P., retinopathy of prematurity, and she had laser surgery to save her eyes. She is still cared for by this wonderful pediatric ophthalmologist. She wears corrective lenses, but the eyes have a great disparity. If a strong eye is relied upon too much, the weaker eye's messages to the brain eventually get shut off. One way to combat this is to patch the strong eye to make the weak eye become stronger. We have been patching for years now and the doctor just couldn't get Annie past a plateau. Six weeks ago, he decided to throw everything and the kitchen sink at this vision disparity and we began 'mega-patching.' Basically, Annie has her patch on during all her waking hours. In that mix, I asked St. Lucy, patron saint of eye patients, to intercede yet again for Annie's clarity of vision.

We had a good exam. Both eyes got 1.5 lines better on the eye chart. We will continue with more mega-patching. So while thanking St. Lucy, I ask her again to work her heavenly magic and intercede on behalf of Annie's eyes.

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The girls had a mid-morning appointment with their beloved eye doctor. Annie's patching is going well and she's been moved back to patching only 2 hours a day. She clearly has a right-eye preference and a very mild crossing [we notice it mostly when she's tired], but he's not interested in surgery for something this mild. She showed much improvement at answering his eye-test questions.

Mary Jo was on Daddy's lap and I'm told she did just fine. She withstood the dilating well and her prescription is too close to be changed. She won't see the eye doc for 6 months.

After the girls did so well at their appointment, we went home, got Zeke and Nanny and dined together at Applebee's. All now nap, and I better hurry if I'm gonna' get one in, too.