Do you see what I see?

My sweet little girl has major vision issues.  Don't get me wrong, it could be much worse.  I am thankful that she can see what she can.  She works so hard to be able to see, to be able to make her eyes do what they are supposed to do.  It is often heartbreaking to see her struggle.  She has amblyopia in her left eye.  It began developing when she was very young and continued to get worse.  She was in glasses by 2 years old and when she was 5 years old we found out that she was blind in her left eye.  Her brain was suppressing all vision from that eye, which explained so much.  She constantly walked into things, tripped all the time, we thought she was just a clumsy child.

After we found out just how bad her vision was we began intensive vision therapy.  The improvement was slow at first, but very obvious.  She went from being at the bottom of her class at the beginning of kindergarten.  By the end of kindergarten she was towards the top of her class and halfway through first grade she was doing second grade work.  Had we not found out how bad her amblyopia was and put her in vision therapy I shudder to think what would have happened to her. 

Her vision therapist was amazing to work with.  She was blown away by how hard my girl worked to get her vision back.  Her teachers at school took everything we told them about her condition and did everything asked of them to help her succeed. 

She still needs to work every day to make her eyes work together.  It's a daily struggle.  It always will be.  She never complains.  She amazes me every day.