Sunday, February 12, 2006

Update on Joey

We saw Dr. T in November at his new office in a different city. I told him that Joey was becoming quite "combative" about his patching. He said, "Combative? That's a strong word!". But I assured him that I MEANT "combative"! He told Joey that patching was VERY important and that it would help his eye get better. They dilated Joey's eyes and Dr. T said that the retina looks dry, which means there is no apparent leakage...which is great! So, we just keep on patching, and go back in a couple of months for another routine appointment with Dr. T. (The drive to the new office was only a little bit longer than the drive to the Children's Hospital. Not too bad. However, we found out that he also has an office in a city closer to us.)

It's February now, and we are still struggling a bit with the patching. Some days he is very compliant, some days he is just pissed off about it. I guess "some" compliant days are better than "no" compliant days, right?

On an encouraging note - one evening while he was patched, he insisted on doing his homework. I never make him do his homework while patched, since I figure it will only frustrate him. However, I was VERY pleased to see that he did a great job! His face was practically touching the paper as he did it...but he DID it. The numbers were neat and right on the lines! I was surprised and very encouraged! He was really proud of himself, too. He even told his teacher the next day that he did his homework while patched!

Until next time...