Thanks Dr. R......

On Monday we made our quarterly trip up to L.A. to see Elizabeth's eye doctor. It was just about two years ago that she had eye surgery for her strabisumus (crossed eye). It is a bittersweet trip nowadays since the surgeon, whom I loved, Dr. Rosenbaum--passed away earlier this year.

But we definitely thought of him when his protege Dr. Velez said, "Elizabeth's eyes look great. They are straight and her vision is 20/25. We no longer have to patch her eye and it looks likely that she will not need to wear her glasses much longer. Unbelievable.

We follow up in three months and we will see how she is doing with the lower prescription. In terms of her vision right now she doesn't need glasses at all, but we are keeping the glasses for now to help keep the eye straight and strengthen the muscle. If all goes well, ""adios, glasses".

Then again, as my brother said--"don't be surprised if she doesn't want to ditch the glasses". Well, yeah--she loves her glasses. She has also gotten used to the "transition" lenses which turn into sunglasses when she is outside in the sun. She won't go out without them. I think we might have to get her sunny glasses without a prescription to keep her happy.

Let's hope so.

And thank you Dr. Rosenbaum--we're thinking of you.

Here is a pic of Elizabeth at Jules Stein Eye Institute--she has a blast there playing in the little playhouses they have.