Elsa's eyesight...a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush

Elsa's eye doctor appointment under anesthesia was today.

It went very well, Elsa had to fast until noon, but she did great.

Here she is in her OR garb...

And playing with her hat....

The hospital staff seemed to enjoy their little patient.

We were praying for a wisdom for the Doctor, to have a solid answer on which direction to go.   We didn't want any uncertainty.   And we were blessed to have an answer.

The Doctor believes that she is seeing out of only one eye, and that would be the eye that would be operated on.  

He said he has worked on patient's eyes that have some of the differences that her eyes have (he also explained what was going on with her eyes); he said they tend to have complications and problems with cornea surgeries, and sometimes patients lose their eye sight completely.

A regular eye can have some complications with surgery, but with the other differences it guarantees problems.

He had one patient that was doing pretty well, but even he had problems.

He said since she has only one eye working, it wasn't worth the risk of her going blind through the surgery, and that with all the eyes he has worked on through the years, he would not do it.

And the man who would make money from a "yes" vote, said that he would not risk it.

He said she gets around great, and is doing well, and to leave her the way she is.

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush, or in this case, it isn't even two in the bush...more like 1.25...because cornea surgery wouldn't fix all the other issues anyway.

He did say we should bring her in for regular visits, perhaps annually, to monitor the pressure in her eyes.

So we are thankful.   Thankful to have a clear cut answer from the nation-wide specialist in corneas, specializing in her situation.

Thankful that the child we have, who we were told was blind, can see well enough to get around.

Thankful to have answers and more information...and to move on from this point with greater understanding. 

And thankful for a little cutie pie...

...who is exactly how God made her to be.