patient [pey-shuh nt] adj. 1.bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like. patience [pey-shuh ns] noun 1.an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay. 2.quiet, steady perseverance.
the
dr appointment went well yesterday.
cole continues to do very well in his exams....we are so proud of him. the
dr tells us that things are continuing to clear up and they can now tell that he for sure has a cataract in his right eye so that is one reason
cole is not able to see out of that eye. they will not be able to see if there is any retina damage until
cole has the operation to remove the cataract and they want to wait three to five weeks until the inflammation is completely gone and the eye is totally healed before we do it. they will also be monitoring his glaucoma pressures to determine when to put in the tube/shunt.
the
dr says "wait and see" and i say "great! no problem, if you can
guarantee the see part" which, of coarse, he can not do...so really it's just wait and that is hard. as much as i want to, i can not make myself be patient. in fact, i find the
definition of patient to be impossible and
i'd love to know if the person who defined the word was actually able to practice it. what kicks my booty is the fact that i actually know the person who defined patience, i know He's able to practice it, He wants show me how, and [oh the irony] He is actually being patient with me at this very moment!
right now we have to help
cole see the best he can with what he's got. so for the time being,
cole is officially low vision or visually impaired. we needed this label so that he qualifies to
receive the help he needs at school. this next week he will meet with the district's visual impairment specialist and they will determine what modifications will need to be made at school. we will also probably have him evaluated at the children's center for the visually impaired. they specialize in helping kids do the most with the vision they have. we are really blessed to have such and amazing resource right here in kc!
thank you all so much for keeping us in your prayers, for the many gifts, the phone calls to say you care and the yummy meals. the encouragement and support you have given us has been amazing and we could not have made it this far without your help. so thank you thank you thank you.
the drs have tentatively planned to do cole's cataract surgery on tuesday march 10th. we will still have to go back next tuesday to make sure though. doing it that tuesday would be great because then he'd only have to miss one day of school since they are out that thursday and friday and the whole following week for spring break. we have learned that after the surgery with his new plastic lens he will only be able to see far away and will need bifocals to see up close. i was confused by that at first but the dr explained that the natural lens in the eye is able to focus both up close and far away but a plastic lens is only able to focus on one or the other. i had never thought about that before but it makes sense! please continue to pray that we will get to do the surgery on the 10th, that everything goes well removing the cataract and that his retina was not damaged by the infection. God continues to hold us close as He not only reshapes cole's vision but ours as well. it seems that we will all have new eyes when this is over with. 
asked him what he meant by his new life and he said "mom, you know, my new way of seeing!" he amazes me.
