She Knew....

This is a pic of Sarala with her horse on a stick...

from our last trip to Children's Eye Center.


The news we brought home with us that day involved surgery.

Though it was to be an outpatient procedure...Sarala has had a couple surgeries and we would love for her to not have to endure any more...if it were all up to us.

We didn't know what to expect...we just knew that she was having a lot of trouble seeing things up close and Sarala's therapist suggested we get her eyes checked.


We were told that Sarala had exotropia of the right eye.

Strabismus...which is basically a lazy eye...was caused by her retinopathy of prematurity (which premature babies can have) and cerebral palsy.

These were just some of the complications that Sarala contended with as a small babe...born 3 months premature...2.5 lbs...amazingly sick.

We risked vision impairment if we didn't act.

Her brain would get tired of keeping her eye straight and it would eventually drift, which would affect her vision adversely.

This seemed like a fairly simple option...but again...we weren't too excited about our baby being put under.


Going back to the last post...because of this reality...we had always assumed that something could come up along the way.

And...we made the decision that we wouldn't worry about it...

let God take care of her...

and take things as they came along.


Today was a different story.

Sarala's pediatrician didn't feel like they got the whole picture...so he questioned...and as one we completely trust...figured we should get her reassessed.

This time a specialist who works with strabismus and the like examined her eyes.

It was awesome to watch Sarala do so well.

Then...he didn't see any of the things that showed up during our last visit...

so...

surgery cancelled...

we'll be back in four months just to make sure...

but he couldn't find anything wrong with her eye.


Amazing...truly amazing.

As a friend put it...another miracle for our miracle baby....

And...

to make it even better...

Sarala seemed to know.


She was worried about it all day...

cried most of the way up.


As soon as she saw the doctor though...she wanted to give him a hug and went right in.

Then...her eyes were checked and nothing showed up.


Sarala was a different kid the rest of the trip.

God is taking care of our baby...His baby....