Surgery Schedule

I heard from the specialist office and we were able to schedule the surgeries. The summary is Ashton will have his left eye surgery next Wednesday, November 7th and his right eye surgery will be the following Wednesday on November 14th.

I am very anxious to get through these next two weeks and have the surgeries behind us. One of the challenges we will face is that each surgery will occur at separate facilities. This is not what we wanted, but with the way they already had the facilities reserved, Thanksgiving falling on the third week and the urgency to have his eyes corrected, it will have to do.

His follow up visits will be the Thursday morning after each surgery. I am not exactly sure what each day will hold as far as patches, eye drops and how he will recovery from anesthesia each time. I figured we'll just walk through those doors as they come. I am trying to focus on Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it's own."

We have a great friend, a sincere blessing to our family who is going to keep Alex each day of the surgery and get him to school the next day. We felt this best to alleviate his anxiety of seeing his brother in this condition plus us not being able to give him the attention he deserves. No worries, he is very excited to have the sleep over. Hopefully he will not miss us. :)

About today.... Today we took Ashton to see another eye specialist to have his eyes measured for the lenses they will be using to replace his current lenses. It was painless, except it meant being perfectly still for 45 minutes. It was extremely nerve wrecking for Phillip and myself, because if he did not get the measurements done at the office today the doctor would have to guess by sight what size lenses to put in his eyes during the surgery. Guessing by "eye balling" it was not going to be alright with us. Ashton tried so hard, but it was a miserable experience and he is already becoming resentful of the process. After they got the measurements two other doctors came in to look at his eyes since it very rare to see his condition. They were very nice and Ashton enjoyed talking to them about being Captain America for Halloween.

Last night, Ashton asked about the process of how the doctor is going to fix his eyes. We discussed the IV like he had at Cook's when he had a respiratory issue a few months back and how they were going to have him take a nap as they fixed his eye. He is nervous about me not being with him the entire time, especially when he first wakes up. Frankly, I am not sure how I'm going to handle this part either.

I am getting really tired of being strong. It is difficult to keep handing it over to God and facing another day. It is not a daily choice at this point, but a choice I am having to make every moment fear rushes in and satan tries to convince me of his lies. I am using 2 Corinthians 12:7 to help me through.
"My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness."


My most sincere request is for continued prayer for peace for Ashton, Phillip and mysellf. It is what we most need during this time of anxious awaiting. Phillipians 4:6-7
"Do not be anxious in anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Jesus Christ. "

We will continue to update you as there are updates. Thank you again to each of you for all of support and love. We are truly blessed.