We went to Ellie's eye appointment in Iowa City on the 20th. So we got good news! Her eye has improved considerably. She is seeing 20/30 out of her right eye which is the one we are trying to get back to 20/20. It's so close. Her left eye still sees 20/20 when it's not dialated. But we dialate it every day so the right one can work hard and improve. So he said her seeing 20/30 should not be affecting her learning like we thought it was. Now I'm sure it's hard to see out of one blurry eye and one clear eye. The past year and a half of school with her eyes this way has probably hindered her learning some but the doctor doesn't think this is a huge problem and shouldn't be keeping her from learning. So we don't have to decide to stop treatment and get her glasses or keep treating and deal with her struggling at school. This was a decision I didn't want to make.
So we know it's probably a combination of eyes, hearing and possibly some learning problems that has kept her behind, or not learning at a speed as others. It's ok, there are options for her so we will just get her set up with some special learning and she'll hopefully ge caught up!
Thank God for the answers!
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