For about a month or so, we noticed one of her eyes was crossing. This is a very common issue among kids, typical children and children with Down syndrome. It's easily corrected (most of the time) with lenses or patching the "good" eye. Rarely is surgery needed.
So after seeing the one eye doctor in town that sees kids and learning he does not treat this issue, we had to wait a bit for an appointment in Atlanta. But we were on the way out of town anyway the day an appointment came open so it worked out great! We had practiced dropping water in the kids eyes all week - all four were cooperative and excited to receive the warm water in their eyes :). And if you can believe this, Xavier woke up the morning of the appointment with a matted eye - some kind of infection! So the office worked him in and he got examined first which probably put Ellie at great ease! She did great and we left with a prescription for glasses. Two weeks later we had her free pair, thanks to her great insurance through the state of Georgia.
After a long day, we finally arrived at our destination out of state. There was a church sign on one of the roads that said "Fixing your Gaze". God is fixing Ellie's gaze as we fix our gaze on Him!!!!!!!
And we thought she couldn't get any cuter!
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| She's just catching up on what the NFL season will have in store. |
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| What a dream come true - Daddy's work caters in lunch from our favorite restaurant and we are the lucky recipients of the leftover chips! Ellie in position for the best 3:00 snack ever!!! |
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| Speaking of Daddy working - this is the scene of Jeff coming home after his first day! Everyone found him, even Ellie brought her iPad for entertainment! This doesn't even look like a king-sized bed! |
