Yes, you read correctly we will be having a third eye surgery. Here's the run down...
Phillip took Ashton for his two week follow-up on Tuesday. There the surgeon found that his right eye lens had come out of the bag on one side. She wanted to confer with another doctor as to how to proceed, so we finally heard back yesterday. In speaking with her, she had discussed the need with the other surgeon to go back in to see if we can get the lens in the correct position. She felt this other surgeon would be better to do the corrective surgery, and so we received a call from his office yesterday afternoon and they scheduled us to meet with the new surgeon today at noon.
The new surgeon specializes in irregularities in surgeries and is one of the best in the nation. Patients from states around come to this doctor for corrective issues. In meeting with him today, we fell very confident of his abilities to correct Ashton's issue. He will either replace the lens or re-position the current lens if possible.
Time is working against us at this point, so the surgeon booked Ashton as the first surgery this upcoming Monday at 7:00 in the same surgery facility we were in for his second surgery.
The issue is that the lens is chaffing against his iris as it dilates and contracts and is chipping of parts of his iris which is why they are seeing pigment on the lens.
Ashton understands he is needing another surgery and is very sad about it, but he know's God is in control and we give all praise to Him for the blessings and times of growth.
It is difficult to express the variety of emotions this has brought as we finally were feeling past the hump. Holding Ashton's hand through another unpleasant surgery and starting over on the recovery process is a large set back has been heart wrenching experience for Phillip and I.
We want to express our most sincere gratitude for your prayers and we pray Ashton's journey will reflect God's work in our lives. We would like to share with you Colossians 1: 9-12 Msg
"Be assured from the first day we heard of you, we haven't stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to His will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you'll live well for the master, making Him proud of you as you work hard in His orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray you will have the strength to stick it out over the long haul- not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is the strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us."
Some wonderful moments to share with you...
Yesterday, it was foggy on the way to school and Ashton was quite astonished by the "fuzziness" of everything outside. We had the wonderful opportunity to teach Ashton about fog yesterday.
This evening Ashton was painting some ornaments outside and he came running and screaming inside to get me to see the sunset. We went outside and enjoyed the beautiful pinks and purples in the skyline and praised God for creating the beautiful things for us to enjoy. God truly is making everything "bright and beautiful" for Ashton.
Please note, I will try to post an update following our surgery on Monday morning.
All our love,
Phillip, Lindsay, Alex and Ashton
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