I find that I don’t regularly write about Avery’s vision.  That is actually a good thing….her vision has remained stable over the years and actually improved in terms of numbers.  She stopped patching 1 year ago and she is grateful for that.  She gets her eyes checked every six months.  She has been wearing the same glasses and prescription since the end of kindergarten!  Her primary glasses are her blue glasses that have a bi-focal.  Those have almost no tint so she sometimes wears her purple glasses, which have no bi-focal, but have some tint so are good for when being outside with a little sun or playing and not necessarily reading or doing schoolwork.  She also has her sunglasses, which she wears if it is very sunny and bright outside.  Her eye pressure has increased slightly over the years so we continue to monitor that.  She receives one drop of latanoprost every night in her right eye to help with the eye pressure.  She has probably been on that same dose of medication for four to five years now.  Her ophthalmologist, Dr. David Seidman, doesn’t regularly provide me with her latest vision numbers, but she most definitely sees the chart at 20/200 or better often seeing things in the 20/150 range.

She is a trooper, she knows she doesn’t see things as others do….sometimes it bothers her….for example when we are looking at deer in the woods of our backyard or there is a person in the distance and she can’t make out who it is when everyone else can, but for the most part, Avery knows and accepts that it is her normal.  And as she reminded me the other day when her, I, Emerson and Harper were sitting at the kitchen table looking out the window, it can be a blessing….for she couldn’t see the neighbor’s dog taking a dump. Roses, my friend, roses.  Avery continues to see the rose instead of the weed…she truly finds the silver lining with her vision and that is a true blessing.