Our little Cader is such a good sport. He has what is called "Duane's Syndrome" in his left eye. What that means is the nerve in his muscle that pulls his left eye out (or to the left) didn't develop. It is irreversible. We have known this for a while, and he has adjusted to it a lot. He will turn his head further when he looks to his left instead of his eyes so he doesn't cross them.
Recently, we started noticing a little extra movement besides just when he would look to the left. We went to a specialist and found out that because of his Duane's syndrome, the part of his brain that controls his left eye has been slower in developing and is starting to cause Amblyopia, or "lazy eye" as well. His case is very mild, (he doesn't need glasses or surgery) but he gets to wear a super-awesome, amazingly cool "pirate patch" for 2 hours a day until that eye (or part of his brain) gets stronger. (They'll check him every couple of months).
The patch is fairly recent, and on Sunday in his primary class at church, they had this lesson:
Cade was excited to tell me how he's glad he has his eyes so he can see (what's in the picture) "Sunshine, and a bridge, and Daddy, and me and Jay!" He told me how Heavenly Father gave us eyes so we can see the beautiful world. This touched me so much.
We have such an immense love for Cade, sometimes our hearts just want to jump out of our chest. He is such a good sport putting up with questions, and "Cade! What happened to your eye??" comments. In our eyes, he is still perfect and beautiful and we are so grateful for his awesome example. We know he will do great as he faces trials in this life, even this small one with his eye.
