Strabismus

We just arrived back from Birmingham, from a follow up after Memphis' eye surgery.  For those that didn't know, Memphis' left eye had a strong inward pull. Dr. Cogen told us to attempt patching, but if that did not work, surgery would be necessary. Needless to say, surgery was needed. A very simple surgery was done to allow his eyes to drift outward. At today's follow up, the doctor stated that everything looked wonderful, and now we wait to see if his brain accepts the information from the left eye. We all hope it does.

Memphis has been doing very well, and the surgery only had him under the weather for about a day. Quite amazing how quickly a little one's body recovers. He has been running around the house like crazy now, unfortunately bouncing off of every corner, door, and other head level objects. Maybe one day he will learn to look where he is walking. Doubtful, I still walk into stationary objects myself.

Speech therapy has been started with Memphis, due to the fact that he seems uninterested completely in talking. He communicates mainly with hand gestures and grunts. Our little caveman. He is now nineteen months old, and should be making some attempt at vocal communication, but alas he loves to be difficult.