The second half of our break went well. It was so nice that this summer was not filled with scorching hot days. I'm a baby when it comes to being outside in that kind of weather, so pleasant days meant a lot more outside time for Reed. We played at the playground almost daily.
Reed encountered a boy one day who was having a hard time sharing his trucks. The next day Reed told me he wanted to bring some trucks to the park so that he could share them. He picked out a couple and I put them in the stroller. As soon as we got to the park he grabbed the toys and sought out some "friends" to share with. It was super cute to see him encouraging others to play with his toys and even showing them how they worked. He continued to bring trucks to the park for the rest of the summer and made quite a few friends as he shared them. I love his kind heart.
So, I didn't mention it in the last post because I didn't want to be making a mountain out of a molehill and I feared that saying something would only cause my anxiety to grow. Anyway, as you may remember Reed had 2 eye surgeries when he was a baby (one at 5 months, one at 10 months) to correct something called strabismus (his is a mild case for sure). As follow up to these surgeries we go to the eye center at Children's Hospital every 6 months or so. Most of the time we meet with a regular doctor, but every now and then we meet with his surgeon. Last week we had an appointment with the surgeon. I was nervous because over the past few months I have noticed that Reed's right eye has been mis-aligning itself quite often and I was afraid he would tell me we need to do another surgery. He did agree that his left eye is showing some vertical misalignment, but he doesn't want to jump into surgery just yet. He explained to me that Reed's previous surgeries were done to correct horizontal misalignment and that it's not uncommon for some vertical misalignment to occur as the child grows older. Luckily, as of now, Reed's is very slight and could correct itself. We will wait a couple months and go back to have him checked out in October. If at that time it hasn't improved, we will probably have to start patching his left eye so that he will be forced to use his right eye more which can sometimes make it stronger and correct the misalignment. The doctor did note that Reed does seem to be favoring his left eye and he wants to make sure that this doesn't turn into something more serious (both eyes need to be depended on equally or depth perception can be affected).
Anyway, all that to say that there isn't anything to be worried about yet. I am grateful for a surgeon who doesn't immediately jump to surgery as the only option. I am grateful that he wants to exhaust his other options and see if Reed's body will make the correction on its own before attempting to fix it himself. I am also grateful for a pediatrician who was able to catch this when Reed was only 4 months old so that we have been able to get and stay ahead of this and that Reed's vision has not been compromised because of it. While surgery is always scary (even routine ones) there is a lot to be grateful for here.
Here are some pics!
After a few days of rain, celebrating a sunny day!
Cousin love.
Who says you can't go for a run in the rain?
Reed loves looking at Papa's bat collection.....
So Papa helped him start one of his own!
Reed says this is a picture of Grandma Rhonda. In fact, she is the topic of most of his drawings.
Playing at Uncle Tyler's pool.
Sharing trucks with friends at the park.
Playing the drums and singing ABC's in front of adoring fans at the park.
Mowing the lawn.
Celebrating our last day of summer break with a cupcake and a sweet drink.
Here's to a new school year! When can I start counting down the days until Winter break? ;)
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