On Sunday, Brice broke a major family rule and loaded his air-soft bb handgun (it uses plastic bb's) - and decided to shoot it. He was with a friend and, well, common sense seems to go out the window when there are people to impress.
Either he is a VERY bad aim (which is most likely) or Owen stepped between the gun and the target at the worst possible moment. Well, Owen got shot - in the eye - and by "the eye" I mean directly in the iris of the eyeball.
Yeah. Ouch.
When I took him to my eye doctor, he said it was a very minor injury that should heal itself well, but there was some major concern as to why his vision was sooooo poor in that eye. An injury of this sort should not cause severe vision loss - apparently. (I mean, he ONLY got shot in the eye . . . )
So off we went to a specialist to see if there was any internal damage, such as bleeding, in the eye.
Come to find out there is truly no deeper damage to the eye, but he has other vision problems totally unrelated to the eye injury. Upon their first assessment, it appears that he is severely near-sighted in his right eye and actually far-sighted in his left eye. Because of this, his far-sighted eye does most of the seeing work - explaining the vision "loss" in his injured right eye.
We will go back on Friday to further investigate and learn the solutions to this problem. On Monday, we were only scheduled to discuss the injury - now we have more to talk about . . .
Here is what is so amazing about this story:
1. This could have gone undetected for years making the near-sighted eye weaker and weaker and harder to fix. This is a grace gift that we found it now. Owen gave us no reasons to be concerned for his vision.
2. Most people just go to the doctor and he finds their problems for them. No, we have to add more drama and pain to the process than any one family needs in a lifetime.
3. Owen is the most coordinated person in the family - and he does it all with only one eye working well. Both of my eyes work together and I can't even walk across an empty room without tripping. Life just isn't fair.
4. Brice now thinks he is the hero in this story rather than the culprit . . .
So, stay tuned. This can only get more and more fun.
4 comments:
ah. he looks so sad : ( I'll pray it heals and you can get some answers.
Actually, he isn't sad - in fact he feels very little pain. It is very irritated in the morning and so it is red and watery (which is when the picture was taken) and he can't even keep his eyes open at first. (Think of how your eye burns when there is something in it and you can't even open your eye. He has an abrasion on the iris of his eye, so it is constantly irritated and can make it hard for him to even open his eyes.) It is very sensitive to light too.
He ended up taking 2 naps yesterday because of this. Needless to say he wasn't tired at bedtime!
To help the irritation - we get to put 5 drops a day into his eye. He doesn't appreciate that part of the process - so I'm sure there will be sad tears then!
Thank you for your prayers!
Isn't this the classic lazy eye that seems to run in the family? Funny that he never let you know. I remember you wearing glasses at 4 years old...
Maybe the secret to Owen's coordination is that he only uses one eye. You should try walking around w/ one eye closed to see if your co-ords improve!
Kerry,
Yes, apparently it was formerly called lazy eye (I just learned that talking to friends)-- which goes to show you how much I know about my own eye condition. I just know that one eye is worse than the other and I can't see anything without my glasses. I just thought lazy eye meant that the eye wanders (which my left eye does - it is fun to freak Buff out). Now they have more scientific names for everything, making every condition sound serious and terminal.
It is also hereditary - so I am responsible for passing it along. Oh, the guilt . . .
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