Amblyopia

My daughter was diagnosed with Amblyopia, yeah, WTF is that is the first thing that came to mind. My wife began to explain to me what it meant and what the effects were. Needless to say it was a shock, like getting smacked in the face or punched in the stomach and not expecting it. The wind literally got knocked out of me, and i had no words, that lasted for about a minute or two. Then i realized that i had to stay focused and look towards the future.

"Whats the next step"

Thats what popped in my head, needless to say the initial prognosis was a joke to say the least. The physician basically labeled her at most a worst case scenario where she would probably lose her eye in the future and need it replaced with a glass eye. We didnt doubt that she had a problem with her eye as it was clearly evident once it was pointed out to us, but to suggest that the eye would be lost in the near future and that there was nothing to do about it but suck it up and put on some glasses was not the way you tell a pair of parents.

My wife took the prescription and left "No, I am not getting glasses from here, thank you very much!!!"

That first night was very solemn or more just down on your luck feeling, i kept my composure even just sitting there for her not doing much, she was rolling in the research, she was doing what she does best, educating herself on the facts. I did not want to interfere, i helped her with what she needed, i could tell it was affecting her more than it was me, and i would see it more the next day. She looked up so much information as she could find. She looked up second opinion doctors (always a recommendation with the severity of the situation) and we had more information for the next day when we would call up the offices for an appointment.

That night we went to bed realizing what the task at hand for the next day was. We knew that it wasnt going to be easy, but that something needed to get done. The next day was going to be a new hurdle none the less.