A GREAT month but now... Cataracts :(

The past few weeks have went fairly well. After the last IV round Gracey came down with a stomach virus that took her about 4 days to get over. Once over it, though, she has had a really great month! A couple minor bumps where she seemed to maybe be getting sick but nothing developed and she's running and happy.

Today was her followup with the ophthalmologist to check for glaucoma and cataracts as well as create some base-line pictures of her eye from which to compare with on future checkups. Unfortunately at the end of the exam the doctor stated he did see very tiny, faint cataracts forming evenly in both of Gracey's eyes. He rated them for me using a scale from 0 (perfectly clear) to 5 (completely cloudy) placing Gracey's cataracts at a 0.5. They currently do not affect her vision and the important variable he could not describe today was the rate the cataracts are growing. We will follow up with appointments every three months (I may change them to two months) to help determine the growth rate.

Of course Gracey just smiled! After we left the doctors office I explained (as best I could understand) what a cataract is and what it could do. I could tell she was thinking and taking it all in. Finally she said she would rather have to wear glasses than not be able to walk and she was glad we have the IV medicine (which is what caused the cataracts). She's very brave and has such a solid faith in Jesus and God. She even says it's OK if life is hard - Jesus loves her so much.

I'm going to start my reading process and learn as much as I can about cataracts. Your prayers are requested... More to come.