Way Late Surgery Update

We were well into September before J2 had his surgery. He was scheduled late at night, we were to be at the hospital at 5:30 and he couldn't have anything to eat. So both him and I didn't eat. It gave me a chance to fast for him. We took this picture on the way to the hospital. You can see how badly they were crossing. The doctor pulled the muscles in the inside corners of both of the eyes 6 cm.
It went very well and he was done within an hour. The actual surgery only took 45 minutes. He had to keep a Popsicle don't before he could go home. We got home at midnight and went straight to bed.

In the morning he ate like a horse, especially the jello that we had made special for his recovery. There were drops that we had to put in four times a day that stung and he hated them but this is what he looked like a week later.

He has been doing great. There is a little bit of drifting on his left eye but his vision is 20/20 with a slight astigmatism and his depth perception had greatly improved. He has new glasses that fit him and keep his eyes from drifting. We have to see the eye doctor every three months for the foreseeable future, but they say he looks really good.

Here he is at Sectional Field Day with two of the cuties from our club.

He is a little behind in his reading and writing but we are working on it and he seems to like it a little more every time we read.

Looking back at the first picture makes my heart hurt. I can't even imagine what his world was like not to be able to see. I've been told that at church his behavior improved greatly after the surgery and it is better at home. He isn't in his own world.....as much. I know that God has given us weak thing to make us strong, this has made him stronger.