After the glorious insanity which was Luke’s 1st birthday, we’re now working on getting back to normal. This is will very short-lived, however, because Luke and I are heading up to San Jose on Saturday (Luke’s got two Stanford appointments on Monday) and won’t be back home until the following Sunday. Such is the busy life of the Henard family!
I’ll be sure to post pictures from Luke’s little birthday celebration after I collect all that were taken (I took exactly two and they were both of the piñata) but we had a lovely time and Luke was a very happy, well behaved, little boy.
Yesterday we ventured back to Dr. Stathacopoulous, the pediatric ophthalmologist, for a regular follow-up. She mentioned that he seemed to be favoring his left eye over his right (we had recently noticed this as well) so Luke will now be sporting an eye patch daily for 2-3 hours (Luke the Pirate!) I haven’t put it on him yet but I’m very concerned as to how well he will tolerate it- the kid won’t even keep a hat on so I don’t have a good feeling about mandatory eyewear.
The possibility of the eye muscle surgery was discussed again. Dr. S. told us that his eye movement needs to be completely stabilized in order to do it (so she knows exact measurements of how much to shorten the eye muscles) but he’s not at that point. She feels that he is making such incredible progress that he may, in fact, grow out of his lack of control and then no surgery will be necessary. We were assured that the surgery can be done in the future (it’s not age-sensitive) and it’s less serious then a tonsillectomy (24 hours of discomfort and then he will be fine.)
Overall it was a very good check-up and it’s always fun to hear a doctor gush over your child (words like “amazing” and “miracle” were very common during the 15 minutes of doctor face time!) We head back to see Dr. S. in June when she will dilate Luke’s eyes and get a good look at his eyeballs. Hopefully he will continue his spectacular progression in this area!
Teething is continuing at a very rapid rate and I wouldn’t be surprised if Luke is ripping into a steak by the end of the month (not really but you never know!) It’s hard to get a good picture of the new choppers but I managed to get a half decent one (2 on top, 4 on the bottom but you can only see 2 of the bottom ones.) Please note that Luke is currently accepting sponsorships!
I’ll be sure to post pictures from Luke’s little birthday celebration after I collect all that were taken (I took exactly two and they were both of the piñata) but we had a lovely time and Luke was a very happy, well behaved, little boy.
Yesterday we ventured back to Dr. Stathacopoulous, the pediatric ophthalmologist, for a regular follow-up. She mentioned that he seemed to be favoring his left eye over his right (we had recently noticed this as well) so Luke will now be sporting an eye patch daily for 2-3 hours (Luke the Pirate!) I haven’t put it on him yet but I’m very concerned as to how well he will tolerate it- the kid won’t even keep a hat on so I don’t have a good feeling about mandatory eyewear.
The possibility of the eye muscle surgery was discussed again. Dr. S. told us that his eye movement needs to be completely stabilized in order to do it (so she knows exact measurements of how much to shorten the eye muscles) but he’s not at that point. She feels that he is making such incredible progress that he may, in fact, grow out of his lack of control and then no surgery will be necessary. We were assured that the surgery can be done in the future (it’s not age-sensitive) and it’s less serious then a tonsillectomy (24 hours of discomfort and then he will be fine.)
Overall it was a very good check-up and it’s always fun to hear a doctor gush over your child (words like “amazing” and “miracle” were very common during the 15 minutes of doctor face time!) We head back to see Dr. S. in June when she will dilate Luke’s eyes and get a good look at his eyeballs. Hopefully he will continue his spectacular progression in this area!
Teething is continuing at a very rapid rate and I wouldn’t be surprised if Luke is ripping into a steak by the end of the month (not really but you never know!) It’s hard to get a good picture of the new choppers but I managed to get a half decent one (2 on top, 4 on the bottom but you can only see 2 of the bottom ones.) Please note that Luke is currently accepting sponsorships!
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