We were back at the ophthalmologist's yesterday for Henry's scheduled checkup. All in all, the doctor told us pretty much exactly what I was expecting to hear. He's not going to prescribe glasses because Henry's range of farsightedness is normal for a kid his age, so glasses wouldn't do anything to correct his strabismus. That means it will take surgery to correct the problem. Tom and I agreed to this course of treatment. It's an outpatient procedure and has been tentatively scheduled for early June.
The good news was that the patching has strengthened his left eye significantly. He still doesn't use his eyes together, but the doctor did observe him switching his vision from one eye to the other to track an object. Before the patching he used his right eye exclusively. The doctor also said that if Henry couldn't see very well with his left eye he'd freak out in frustration when his right eye was patched. But he's doing just fine with it. Some days he even seems to prefer wearing his patch to not wearing it.
In other eye-related news, our Bob The Briber scheme has been so successful that now whenever we say "patch" to Henry, he immediately responds, "Bob!" Oh what a clever, TV addicted child we're raising. . .
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