Monocular Vision

I'm feeling a lot better about William's eye now. I've caught up on sleep and have been reading a few people's experiences on living with Monocular Vision http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocular_vision.

It's not as bad as I think and many people have monocular vision, its amazing the amount of people I have told about William's condition and they have gone on to say that they are blind in one eye or they know somebody who is. One lady in our Antenatal group was born blind in one eye (her mother had Toxoplasmosis during pregnancy), they never knew until she was 5 and then they began patching her. She is a beautiful lady, drives a car and lives a normal life, I never knew she was blind in her eye until we talked about William! People who have never had Binocular Vision don't even know what they are missing. I'm still a little sad because I know William won't have eye sight like me, but then how many people have eye sight like me anyway - I may not have the greatest sight either. My husband went through a lot of school thinking the blackboard looked fuzzy but just dismissing it because that is what he thought everyone else saw. It wasn't until his last few years at school he got glasses and was amazed at what he could then see! Its vital that every parent gets their children's eyes checked so they don't go through school missing out on an education!

In one respect I'm pleased that we will be getting William's eyes checked all the time because at least we'll be able to monitor his vision and act on something if we need to! In saying that I should really get Sophie's eyes checked as I just presume she has good vision. Lexie has ok vision as that has been tested in the B4 School Check they do here in New Zealand. All in all William won't really be disadvantaged at all and I'm sure he'll be able to achieve all the things he wants to in life. It makes me a little bit happier knowing that. But for now we'll get on with patching, eye appointments and having a fun time with our beautiful little boy who we love to bits!!!