And the Patching starts.............

As many of you already know my little girl has Ambelopia in her left eye.. we have known this for about 3 yrs now. Well, during this time we have been seeing an optomologist here in Katy, and over the past year his "diagnosis" of her eye kept getting worse and worse.. he had us get an mri or catscan... cant remember which one.. and told us there were cists on her retna, but he couldn't do surgery in risk of doing more damage to the retna in the long term. Aubrie kept telling us when we would pray for her eye that God has already healed her eye... and not long after that the cists were not only off of her retna.. there was not even a trace that they had even been there !!! no scars ... .nothing !! This past visit with him, he made it sound like her condition was just incurable and really rare !! He told us to stop all efforts to regain sight in her left eye and keep her wearing glasses to protect the "good eye".. after leaving this appointment I was furious !! I do not believe in giving up or that her eye is done !! God heals and I believe in that 100 %

There is a little girl in Aubrie's class that has the same eye problem and her mom told me about her doctor and how wonderful she is, how she never gives up, and how aggressive she is with her treatments.. Well it turns out she is the same doctor that helped my cousin regain eyesight some 20+ years ago.

Her name is Dr. Helen Mintz-Hittner she is down in the Med Center she has been in practice for 39 yrs treating kids with eye problems. I HIGHLY recommend her !! Well we had an appointment yesterday with the new doctor !! it went WONDERFUL !! She told us how common this eye disorder is and how it can be reversed with aggressive treatment (no surgeries) she told us that we needed to patch Aubrie's "good" eye every day ALL day , from the moment she wakes up until its time for bed. We need to do this for 3 weeks straight and she can get her eyesight from 20 / 400 all the way to 20 / 30 !!! Just in time for school to start !! are you kidding me !! only 3 weeks !!! What a short amount of time for such a HUGE outcome !! Dr. Hittner also told us that it is very common that these other doctors tell alot of people these things because there is no money in treating kids like Aubrie... b/c most of the work is with the kid and the parent.. they don't need surgery or any other major medical things.. so they basically send these kids away with these diagnosis of not getting better because they cant make any money !! Can you believe that !! How many kids are these doctors not helping because they aren't making a bunch of money off of them !! I was so mad about that I wanted to go and picket the office .. .so others can have hope too for their kiddos to get better !! I am still in shock over that one !

Skipper and I truly believe God sent us to this new doctor for hope and healing !! We are so blessed and so excited to see what the next three weeks bring...

Aubrie was not real happy at first , but after long talks about being able to see out of that eye finally and of course a few bribes :) she is coming to terms with what needs to happen !!

So today is day 2 of patching and she is doing really well .. . I am asking for prayers for complete healing of her eye... we have a Big God and He can do BIG things... and we are believing in that..

Keep miss Aubrie in your prayers to .. to understand this is a tiny amount of time for the benefit of the rest of her life !! and keep Skipper and I in your prayers.. for patience and love when she is having a bad day with all the patching...

We will keep you posted !!