EYE EYE YIPPEE!!

Seth and I had our tests at the hospital today. his drops have WORKED!! the sight in his eye is only 1 step away from the good eye, they think 2 more weeks of enforced blindness in his left eye will do it! I am SO thrilled! Because the vision is good and the eyes are perfectly straight they are pretty sure that once corrected he will never revert to the poor sight he had. HOW GREAT IS THAT?!
This little boy has had such trouble with his eyes his whole life and at last we are seeing that he will be fine!

As for me, there are no signs of Retinitis pigmentosa...which is great BUT they are sending me to have scans of my brain! YIKES! I asked outright if I should worry and his answer was that he wasn't seeing anything that should make me worry he was being ultra careful in making sure the R.P isn't there. He said that they are going to test how the messages are getting from my eyes to my brain....good luck on that one, I don't think anything is getting to OR from my brain too well , my brain cells are either having a doo whoppy of a party or they've given up the ghost and left the vicinity. I am a complete doughnut in the brain department lately. I shall be more than thrilled if they actually manage to FIND a brain, any activity will be a bonus.
The most glorious and touching moment happened whilst at the hospital though. Seth has had years of eye testing, every appointment has him being held down while "stingy" eye drops are being put in. He hates it, truly hates it and yet is still such a sweet boy and so polite to everyone. He was beyond thrilled that today, as well as him having to go, I was going too and he asked again and again if he could wathc me have the stingy drops.
At first the DR said that I wouldn't be having drops but later when I was sent to the 2nd doctor, the time came. Seth had finished with his appts and so I asked if I could call him in with me, he came in and was so patient, he stood to the side of me while I had a couple more tests and then the Dr came to put in some drops. While the drops were put in I felt a little hand creep into mine , then my hand was squeezed SO tight and a sweet whispering voice said " Oh you are being SO brave!" Be still my heart.....what a gulpingly sweet moment.
I have been in silent admiration of this boy all day today, the dilating drops make your vision SO blurry, make your eyes so weary and sensitive and yet this little man has had them in every other day for weeks and weeks and still gone to school, carried on with all this discomfort and only this weekend, after so long, did he break down and plead for no more drops ( and hid the bottle, little stinker!!) I am so thrilled that the whole exercis has been so successful!