Update on Ellie

So today we decided to get something done with her eye because there has been something on the eyeball for the last 4 days or so. It makes the white part of her eye really red and it's not coming off. Ryan took her to the eye doctor this afternoon and he said she has an infection on her eye. So we now have new eyedrops 4x a day and ointment to put at night to help the infection. It wasn't bothering Ellie but it needed to be looked at since it wasn't something just stuck on there and going away.

So last week we had her in to Iowa City eye doctor for a check up and her right eye has improved marvelously in vision and movement. It went from 20/80 vision to 20/30 vision. So the atripine drops we have been putting in her left eye has helped her right eye get a lot better. She also has full movement of her right eye back! Celebrate! We are so happy to hear of the wonderful improvement. We are continueing the atripine drops to see if the right eye's vision can improve more.

Then we had her in to see the rehab doctor she had at Covenant to get new orders for evals again at EDI to see if she needs more therapy. The doctor had Ellie run in the hall and
noticed Ellie still holds her right arm funny and she also does not fully extend her right leg to run like she does her left. She still favors her left leg but she does have much better balance in the right leg. So balance is improving but the doctor thinks there are still more goals to work on so she gave new orders for evals at EDI. So Ellie has come a long way and there are just a few fine tuning that can be done to help her.

We are so excited about this update and hope to get her eye healed soon. She'll go back next Friday for a follow-up with the eye doctor to check on the infection. Oct. 28th is the next Iowa City appointment with all the doctors to check everything.

School is going well for Ellie. She loves it! Nate's doing great and the fam is back into a routine! Hope you all are doing well! Have a great weekend!