Who will be the lucky ones?

Yesterday was Owen's follow-up appointment from his eye surgery on May 3rd. His right eye has been great since surgery but I've noticed his left eye rolling up when he'd turn to look at something, etc.

The Doctor examined him and said his right eye looks great and surgery did what it was supposed to, but he has what is called masked bi-lateral cranial nerve palsy. Basically we had no way of knowing how bad the left eye was until the more severe eye was fixed first.

So, we'll be doing surgery on the left eye some time in the next 2-3 months. By the time he's two years old he'll have undergone three different surgeries with possibly one more on his skull around his third birthday. He probably doesn't need another major surgery like his one last year but his plastic surgeon has mentioned doing a revision and shaving down any "lumps and bumps" from his first skull surgery. On the right side of his forehead it looks like he has a knot there, almost like he hit his head on the table and has a goose egg there. It's been that way since his surgery a year ago. I am pretty sure that will be shaved and smoothed down to make his forehead look nicer. I have apprehensions about doing a "cosmetic" procedure, but he'll be close to school age then and I don't want him going to school and being teased or asked why he has a knot on his head all the time. His hair does a good job of covering it. Maybe I just notice it more and pay attention to it because I know it's there. I've met a lot of people who have told me they didn't even look at him and suspect he's had something so serious done until after I said something about it.

A year ago on May 27th was the first anniversary of his surgery to correct the right coronal craniosynostosis he was born with.  It's so amazing to remember where we were a year ago and to think of where we are now. He is 21 months old now and definitely in the beginning stages of the "terrible two's." He's talking so much more now and he's just an all around amazing kid. He got his first big boy hair cut a few weeks ago. The girl who cut his hair did an excellent job trimming it down and not showing too much of his scar. His scar goes from ear to ear. His plastic surgeon did a beautiful job on it and you can barely see it but I don't think he'll ever be able to have a short cut. 

The last few weeks have been so crazy busy, so I apologize for not updating sooner. I am hoping we'll have a date soon and we can get this one behind us and maybe, just maybe.... I can breathe.