Good News!!!
Many of you have been praying for Emily's eyesight. She has Amblyopia (lazy eye) and Strabismus (a muscle-control issue) in her left eye and in October measured at 20/200 vision WITH her glasses on. (20/20 is normal) Because her vision was so poor, her brain had basically shut off this eye and was only using the other one. After a year of wearing an eye patch over the good eye with no results, we searched to find another option. We switched doctors and started vision therapy where we do an hour of therapy at home each night and Emily goes one hour a week to the therapist... the goal is to improve the vision in the weak eye AND retrain her brain to use both eyes together so that she doesn't eventually become completely blind in her left eye. The doctor told us that this was the best option, but that there were no guarantees that anything would help. Emily has worked so hard, but it has definitely been difficult.
Today was the first time her doctor re-tested her eyes since we started the therapy. I am so excited to tell you that her vision in the weak eye was 20/70!!!! She has also made some breakthroughs that have shown the doctor that her brain is starting to use both eyes together! To God be the glory!!! We are so thankful!!
Please continue to pray for even more improvement and specifically that her brain will use both eyes together. Also, this condition is hereditary and we started noticing similar eye-turn in Caroline about a month ago. She has an appointment with Emily's doctor next week for an eye exam.
Even more good news from St Louis from Benny and a new heart. God is GOOD! "He'll either take care of it, or He'll take care of it."
Stuart Smithson
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Praise be to God for whom all blessings flow.
If He took care of Stu's nose we knew He would take care of Emily's eyes, ha! Now, on a more serious note we are grateful for the good news and pray little Caroline will be in the clear. Of course we have never gotten the honor of meeting that sweetie but we fell in love with Emily when we were there. We can't believe the grown up pictures we see of her on facebook. Our Zach thought Mrs. Sarah was a great teacher! You will have to go on Facebook and see some pictures of those little boys that are now big teenagers you had in children’s ministry. We miss and love you guy's. Jack and April. Calhoun, GA bama.jack@yahoo.com