Tomorrow is the day that Meri and I have been dreading since Aaron’s diagnosis back in December 2007. He’s having his eye surgery. I’m not going to list all of the potential negative effects of the surgery because he is going to come out great and the surgery is going to go [...]
Aaron’s big day - eye surgery tomorrow
July 9th, 2008 · Comments · Exotropia, Family
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Aaron’s Eye Surgery
June 27th, 2008 · Comments · Exotropia, Family
Aaron’s intermittent exotropia I discussed previously has been getting progressively worse. Meri and I have both been noticing that he is squinting more and more, even when he’s not outside in full sun and even when he’s wearing sunglasses. Meri and I have had a bad feeling about what we both [pessimistically] thought would need [...]
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Happy Father’s day
June 15th, 2008 · Comments · Family
Today, my sleep-deprived wife made me a big breakfast when she woke up. Aaron drew me a card and actually wrote several sentences in it! It was one of the best cards I’ve ever received. Meri got me a picture of my boys together and a picture of their hand prints. She also got me [...]
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R.I.P. Orange - Aaron’s first fish
June 8th, 2008 · Comments · Family, Home
Aaron and I had a fun day. We played the beach ball game in the house a couple times, we went to the pool, we watched T.V. together and we did about 4 or 5 puzzles together. Aaron had his final soccer game of the season last Thursday (6/5/08).
The coaches had a party for both [...]
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Eli weighs a ton!
June 6th, 2008 · Comments · Family
Well, not literally a ton but he does weigh about 16 1/2 pounds! I don’t think Aaron weighed that much until he was about 8 months old. The biggest difference between Aaron and Eli’s weight is that Eli doesn’t spit up nearly as much as Aaron did. When Aaron was Eli’s age, he had [...]