Rhys has Amblyopia

Rhys has amblyopia. His right eye has very bad vision so his left eye is taking over and is slowly 'shutting' off vision to the right eye. We were so very lucky to have even found this out, we took him in for his first check-up right before his birthday and noticed that he was cheating on the eye chart. So, now he has the cutest glasses and has to wear an eye patch 3 hours a day. It was 4 hours, but there has been imrovement over the past 3 months, so we get to do it for just 3 hours. It is definitely an adjustment and some days are harder than others. But overall, he is taking to the patch well and does a good job keeping it on (if he takes it off, he gets ALL of his trains taken away till the next day!)

Rhys with his cool glasses...