These are my favorite posts to write. We are now three years and four months into our journey, and things are going great. Jack had his checkup last week, and it couldn't have gone better. First of all, what a difference age makes. Every time we have a checkup, he is 6 months older and is able to do so much more. They were able to get pressure checks (all is well...phew) and do all these other tests that he fully cooperated with. He didn't lose steam when reading the charts, and even sat by himself! Of course, he didn't have to be dilated this time, so that certainly helped our cause. As long as his glasses are on, Jack literally has no vision issues. He can see just as well as any other 3 1/2 year old. (Without the glasses are a different story, but why would we ever take them off?) His teachers have been great and hyper vigilant, and even they say that the only reason they know he has any sort of eye problems is because he wears glasses.
Emma update: I always like to include her, too, for people who are curious about how cataracts effect future children. OF COURSE, everyone's situations, genes and family history are different, but so far Emma is in the clear. They even got a pressure reading on her, as well! The doctor shared that in her years of monitoring siblings, if they didn't have them by 8 months, they didn't get them, so fingers crossed that we are not the exception!
