The Next Chapter

Joseph starting complaining about his right eye last week.  He was saying it was blurry and he saw two of everything.  He stressed his other eye was fine.  I thought that since the brain damage was to his right side and it affected everything on the left side this was simply an eye issue.  But then he told me that his ear was "beeping" and making noises....his RIGHT ear.  And then he came to me one day and said it felt like his head was "bleeding on the inside".  I booked an appointment right away!!!  We took him to a doctor that works with special needs children and to our dismay he sees 20/20.  It is a brain issue.  What is going on is yet to be known.  And so we start another chapter of this long story.

There are now 2 doctors consulting to see what our next move is going to be.  We could weaken the bad eye to the point that his brain thinks he is blind in it or we could strengthen it and try to get the brain to compensate.  However, this could be something more than scar tissue causing this.  I refuse to put into words on this blog what the possibilities are.  I am going to think positive and believe this is just another part of Joseph that makes him who he is.  They warned me about scar tissue from the beginning. 

He is doing so well in school.  He has so many friends.  I love picking him up at school and hearing all his little friends hollering "bye, Joseph!".  Why can't we always stay so innocent and not see the handicaps of those around us?  He is still playing soccer and doing great!  He says he can play soccer with his bad eye but not with a patch so he refuses to wear a patch.  I hope they don't suggest that treatment plan as we will have a hard time getting him to do it.

We will hear something on Tuesday or Wednesday.  Please pray!