Although his eye appointment went well, he had a pretty unsteady day. He fell a few times so we had to keep his helmet on and that saved him from a few bumps later in the day. We're still all getting used to it. To be honest, it's hard for me to see him have to wear it. Part of the process of having a special needs child is accepting that your child is different and that's okay. When it comes to the helmet, it just makes him stand out so differently from other children that it's a glaring reminder. It doesn't help that he really doesn't like it right now. But the Lord knows our weaknesses and gives us grace as we need it to deal with all things he brings our way. I'm just praying that we can get the problems with balance straightened out and he won't have to wear it.
Sometimes it seems many appointments fall at one time. That's the way this week has been. It has been busy. Philip's speech therapist today asked me, "What do you do with your free time?" :) We don't always know why it falls this way but we just keep going. Today's appointment was with the ophthalmologist, a regular checkup for his farsightedness. Good news! His eyesight has improved. Usually children's farsightedness gets worse until about age 7 when it begins to get a little better but his has improved now. Yeah! We get excited over any improvements. He hates to have his eyes dilated. I guess most people don't really like it but because he doesn't really understand why, it is hard for him. The harder thing is that Ben nor I have ever had it done so we can't even know what he's going through. We brought along some sunglasses with a camo design that our neighbor just gave to him and put those on instead of the paper ones. He kept them on all afternoon without even wanting to take them off. We just think he likes to look cool!
Although his eye appointment went well, he had a pretty unsteady day. He fell a few times so we had to keep his helmet on and that saved him from a few bumps later in the day. We're still all getting used to it. To be honest, it's hard for me to see him have to wear it. Part of the process of having a special needs child is accepting that your child is different and that's okay. When it comes to the helmet, it just makes him stand out so differently from other children that it's a glaring reminder. It doesn't help that he really doesn't like it right now. But the Lord knows our weaknesses and gives us grace as we need it to deal with all things he brings our way. I'm just praying that we can get the problems with balance straightened out and he won't have to wear it. Comments are closed.
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