9.21.12 Children's Visit

We received some unfortunate news at Zachary's 1 week check up. His pediatrician was unable to get a red reflex in his left eye.

So, what does this mean???

We went to an Ophthalmologist at Children's and the doctor diagnosed him with PHPV(Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous).  Which is a birth defect of the eye. In a nut shell, his eye didn't fully develop correctly. He will essentially be blind in his left eye. He is able to see light and shadows, but there is a "plaque" filling his eye that is blocking his retina which is not allowing his eye to see.
We have scheduled surgery for October 8th to see if we are able to salvage any of his vision. They will go in and try and break up the plaque. At that point they will also be able to view the retina and retina vein to see how they are developed. With this condition, sometimes they do not fully develop or develop properly. Best case scenario we will gain some vision with the best being around 20/400. However, our doctor told us not to get our hopes up because it appears the plaque is filling up half of his eye. His left eye is also slightly smaller as a result of this condition.
Please keep us in your prayers and hope that the doctors are able to remove the plaque and the retina is in good condition and Zachary will have have some vision.
Everything thing appears completely normal in his right eye. So, we are very thankful that it is limited to one eye. We know that you are able to fully function with one eye, but we are hoping that he will be able to attain some vision in this left. We know things could be worse and we are hoping for the best. We will have to wait and see how his eye adjusts to limited or no vision in the future. Future surgeries may be in the horizon, we will need to wait and see.