For my readers who know me well you know that Ronnie has an eye disease called corneal lattice dystrophy and that we got confirmation last summer Connor has it. Corneal lattice dystrophy effects the cornea, it basically does what its name is. Over time a buildup will occur in the cornea that resembles lattice. Ronnie has dealt with it his whole life and in October 2010 underwent a cornea transplant. This is the only way to "fix it" but the catch is that the disease will eventually come back in the new one. Ronnie dealt with many days/weeks as a little boy in which he had to stay in a dark room if his eye ever got poked or something in it. Cooper will probably have it and the eye injury he sustained this week confirms to us that he does, although we haven't taken him to an eye doctor yet. Wednesday Connor poked Cooper in the eye and he has not been able to open it or really be in bright settings because it is so sensitive. It has been really rough on him because it hurts and there is not much we can do, other than put ointment on it, cover it with a patch and keep the rooms dark. For a very active almost three-year-old it has been rough around here! Ronnie has been off and has kept Cooper home and it is almost better but not quite there. So there is the story about their poor eyes. We have grown accustomed to it being part of our lives and will continue too!
Have a great weekend!
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