We saw the eye doctor again yesterday for yet another post-op appointment and all is well. His eye is still turning a little...it turns in a little when he has his glasses off and turns out a little when he has his glasses on!! Sigh! However, it's not that big a deal - it's WAY better than it was before and it's not unusual at all for there to be some 'residual turn' as the surgery cannot possibly be exact (they basically 'tweak' it a bit and see how things go then do more surgery if necessary). And I really stress 'a little' it's almost not noticeable unless you are looking directly in his eyes and even then only sometimes!
So she gave us a new prescription for Jack's glasses that should help a bit...unfortunately it's not an exact science so they kind of have to try 'a bit of this' and a 'bit of that' if you know what I mean. Anyway - good news is we don't have to go back until February unless the new prescription makes his eyes go all wonky in which case we'll just be going back to get a different prescription. But in general she was very pleased with how the surgery went and thinks things are going well:)
Just to answer a couple questions we keep getting...yes he will continue to wear glasses probably at least until the end of elementary school. This helps to keep his eye muscles relaxed so the eye don't start to turn in again - I guess the theory is that by the end of elementary school his muscles are mature enough that it's not likely to regress. However - given his genetic make up (both mom and dad wear glasses) I'm sure he'll continue to wear glasses beyond that but more for his vision and not the lazy eye. Also - yes, he will probably need surgery again. When we don't know. It's not unusual for kids to have surgery again around the age of 7 or so and then again when they are teenagers. Also - it's quite possible he'll have surgery on his eye in the next year or so if the turn starts to show up a little more...the doctor said that quite often they have two surgeries close together to get things fixed.
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