Prayer to Praise...

I was "thumbing" through old pictures of Jackson on my computer last night and it stood out to me that in many of his pictures there was a white glare in the pupil of his eyes. It probably wouldn't have concerned me if I hadn't learned a few months earlier that to detect infant eye tumors early on is to notice a white reflection in the eyes in color photos. It was a random medical fact one of Jack's friends mentioned to us simply because of another baby they were concerned about & praying for who was having eye problems. I did a little research on-line and looked at other photos we had around the house as well as photos from other cameras just to make sure it wasn't just our camera. There were 3 photos that stood out to us that focused more on his right eye. We quickly began to pray about it and ask the Lord to help us not get ahead of ourselves until we knew there was actually something to be concerned

about. We also prayed we could get Jackson into a Dr. before leaving town this Thurs. for Memorial Day. Not too long after praying Jack remembered a friend of ours from college, Jave Rush, who has a bother here who is an eye doctor! He put a call in and Sloan (The Dr.) responded that we should get him in as soon as possible but that there was a long waiting list and would call tomorrow to see what he could do. Well, he called bright and early to tell us we could come in at 10:30 am! We were so thankful.

After a long visit and a few Dr.'s shining lights into Jackson's eyes, making him very unhappy by the way, we learned that from the pictures the Dr. would normally be very concerned but the tests showed NOTHING there that detected tumors or cataracts. However, he did notices that Jackson is already showing a slight astigmatism in his right eye and at certain angles of light from cameras could very easily give the white glaring appearance. He recommend a Dr. in Dallas we could go back to, to look more carefully at the astigmatism. He said detecting something like this in a baby so early on could be concerning because he could end up favoring his left eye causing his right eye to become "lazy". To prevent a lazy eye little Jackson would need glasses! I cannot imagine a baby around 1 year old wearing glasses??? But the Dr. said they DO make them for babies to fit tight around the back of their ears and it's up to Mommy & Daddy to train them to wear them. Won't that be fun!

Needless to say we were soooo thankful we got into a Dr. so quickly and that Jackson was clear of any type of eye cancer, tumors or cataracts! We'll keep you posted if Jackson will be sporting some specs in the future!