Mary in Managua

Yesterday we went for a follow-up eye appointment and the doctors say Yakelin’s left eye looks good. She does not see perfectly out of her left eye, but her vision should improved little by little over the next few months. Her left eye vision is already better than it was before she arrived to the USA.

Yesterday we also received tough news. They have decided that it would be best to wait a year or two to operate on her right eye. They feel they need to know how her left eye does over that period of time and they hope that by then there will be a better surgical technique for Yakelin’s specific case. We were both deeply saddened by the news.

Later in the evening, Dr. Kolker called and asked us to come to his office. He measured Yakelin for bifocals which she will need to use from now on. Although it was a tough night, we laughed heartily in Dr. Kolker’s office while she tried on frames. Girls will be girls and we know what we like…and don’t. She found a cute pair of metallic red frames that look very good on her.

So as of today we are making plans for both of us to leave Tulsa on Friday, February 19th.

These pictures were taken in downtown Tulsa after we saw “Sleeping Beauty”. It was a great performance and another first for Yakelin.