3Advent Tuesday: The left eye of Caleb

This is Caleb's left eye..on the outside. I actually have never seen it on the inside--but again today, two doctors, his surgeon and his assistant, took long, bright, up close looks at his eye, using dilating drops, prism like filters, and very bright light. The surgery the day before Thanksgiving went as well, if not better than either doctor had thought. The retina now is "A"-ttached as opposed to "D"-ttached, except in one place and so the eye will not, as these two have said before, "shrivel up like a raisin." Eeek. His sight is not much improved because of all the old scarring---he could not see a foot tall "E" on the wall eight feet away, but the eye is saved. This is good. Caleb does not seem over-much upset about all of this. I occasionally am. But mostly, we are trying to go with the flow.

I really don't know how many people have asked about and prayed for this eye---a beautiful, large, grayish blue eye with heavy eyelashes and eyebrow. An eye that had seen ten different bedrooms that have been his since he was born (that counts two he has had at the same time, one in each parent's house for the last ten years; four school systems; one serious girlfriend; many drawn pictures of eyes, over the many years he has drawn precociously well; and several different guitars and microphones. I am glad it will be beautiful still on the outside; glad he has two pairs of glasses with polycarbonate lenses; glad he will never again do kung fu or be in a mosh pit; glad for a good surgeon; glad mostly because Caleb goes with the flow. He is very tired of talking about this eye thing. But he is glad to have prescription aviator sunglasses. We never know what the future will bring--I don't know what this will keep him from doing--He can drive at least in the state of Missouri, though he has not seemed inclined to drive anyway.

This entry tonight really is just to say thanks for support and prayers.