Botox Baby

Yes, my darling boy is now officially a recipient of Botox. Weird. But good! Yesterday we took Judah to Childrens to get the injection of Botox in his left eye muscle. I wasn't worried at all, this being such a minor procedure and my being completely comfortable with and confident in Judah's ophthalmologist, but there's still something about seeing your baby being wheeled away on that bed...and then seeing him being wheeled back to you, all sweet and groggy and beautiful and vulnerable. He just melts my mommy heart. Judah did great. Every person that saw him yesterday from nurses to anesthesiologist to child/family services commented on how precious, adorable, content, or sweet he was. Naturally! The only bummer about the experience was the IV that ended up in Judah's scalp...again. Poor baby is such a horrible stick that the last 2 times he's needed an IV that's where they've ended up. Thankfully they put him out with a mask before they stuck him, but tape in the hair is never pleasant when it's all over. Even with the "anti-stick" stuff they use to get it off. The good news is that the dr. believes that, because of how tight his muscle was, this will produce very good results for Judah! The really good news is that Judah doesn't need glasses right now! Phew! He is far-sighted and has astigmatism, but both "prescriptions" are just under what requires corrective lenses. We'll follow up with the vision stuff in 6 months. He'll need glasses eventually, but I'm hoping it's a far off eventually! In a month the results of the Botox will be at their peak, and hopefully Judah will be able to look straight ahead with BOTH eyes - right at his mama:) Thanks to those of you who remembered to pray yesterday. What a privilege to be a part of the family of God, knowing that we are never really alone, never facing anything on our own, and we are being covered in prayer!