Go cheeleader!!!

AJ got to pick out new toys after our trip to Nashville to see the eye dcotor because she had done so good. She picked out a "new purple cheer leader" as she would say and some play make up. She already has 2 other cheerleading outfits so this one adds to the collection. Now she cheers for the purples. She's such a hoot!

She Can SEEEE!!!

( this is the only picture she would let me take- spaghetti-o face and all)
Well as some of you may know we have been seriously concerned about our little AJ this past week. I 'll try to make this brief, but feel I need to give you some sort of explanation so you can appreciate my concern.

Last Wednesday I took AJ to the bathroom and when she looked up at me, her eyes were crossed. I didn't think much about it but she did it again later that night. I mentioned it to Weston and he said well lets just keep an eye on it. So, by Saturday she was doing it fairly consistently. I could only think all the worst that things that go through your mind. All I could think about was my cousin who lost her battle with cancer that was discovered through an eye exam after some blurred vision and headaches. I called the pediatrician's office and they said that she need to see a pediatric ophthalmologist. So, I waited for the call for an appointment. Really the call could not come soon enough. Finally I got a call on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 pm and said that the specialist could see her on Thursday morning (yesterday) at 9:30. Talk about notice. She said it normally takes like 3 months to get in, but they were able to get her worked in. Relief!! Soon we would know what the problem was.

We got everyone squared away at grandparents and off we were to Vanderbuilts' eye clinic to see Dr. Morrison. (who by the way I highly recommend). My fears were somewhat eased when we walked in and saw some other children her age that had the similar problem and they seemed fine and so did their parents. So why couldn't I have remained calm the week prior to now. Anyway, we saw the Doctor and found out that she desperately needed glasses. She has severe farsightedness. She could barely see anything at all in her right eye. So the problem corrects itself in 60% of cases after wearing glasses only. Then you move onto patches or a blurring drop and then onto surgery if needed. We hope that the glasses will be the fix. So after several hours of looking for very small glasses we found some and were able to get them yesterday. YAY, now she can see!!

I know that she's mine, but she really does look pretty darn cute in her new pink specs!!