Shiner #3

Hello - me again, updating the latest in this full week.

The short of it: We are going to Iowa City tomorrow to see a specialist.

The long version: Today Michael had his 4 year check up, scheduled long before everything else. Everything went well there. He is growing and all the things that are supposed to be positive or negative were. The doctor was a bit concerned about his eye, evidently this is a very unusual fracture - no one seems to have seen anything like this before. Lucky us. He thought that seeing a pediatric opthimologist at the U would be the best bet, but we already had an appointment here, so we went ahead and went with the plan we had made on Tuesday after the ENT, but promised to call after the appointment.

The opthimologist who told us that everything seemed okay and that it should heal fine, but we should come back in a month to re-check his eye. We then called the pediatrician to tell him the update, and he wanted to call the U and talk with the doctor up there to see what they thought. They decided that we should come up and make sure that all is well and go from there. We are praying that the 3rd opinion will be like the first 2, nothing that can really be done, the risks outweigh the rewards, and it should heal fine with no vision issues due to this fracture.

I have become that mother who bribes her children. Today we have had a donut, chocolate milk, and chocolate ice cream. Not a normal day for us, but it just seems like after all of this you need a treat. I need a treat - anyone have a 2 liter of Diet Pepsi, for this tired Mommy after she puts Mr. Black Eye down for the night. "I need a cold one on the rocks and keep it coming."

Is a 5:30 bedtime too early?