Lisa has cataracts.

January 28, 2008 by Brian in Family, Personal

It’s been confirmed that Lisa has cataracts in both eyes. We have an appointment set up for Wednesday in Marshfield to have the pediatric optometrist take a look so we can come up with a plan of attack.
I’m not ashamed to tell you that this was extremely difficult for me to deal with. Even [...]

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Finally, the photos you’ve all been asking about!

January 26, 2008 by Brian in Family, Personal

More photos available for viewing and downloading at Flickr.

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Staying another day

January 26, 2008 by Brian in Family, Personal

The pediatrician and the nurses want to keep Lisa for one more day. There’s problems with the feedings, similar to what happened with Ana so we’re just gonna get her going with formula.
To make things more interesting, we’re still waiting to hear about the eyes. The pediatrician (nice guy by the way) didn’t get [...]

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One problem down, one to go.

January 25, 2008 by Brian in Family, Personal

The pediatrist was just here and explained Lisa’s condition. It’s found in 1 out of every 1000 babies and it’s pretty treatable through a serious of castings and bracings. Lisa will have six different casts which will be used to reshape the legs. The last cast will stay on for three weeks. After that, [...]

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One nervous dad

January 25, 2008 by Brian in Family, Personal

Lisa’s here, and she’s really a cutie, but I’m still extremely nervous. I’ve always been quite the pessimist though. We still haven’t gotten a good look at her eyes and that makes me extremely anxious. I really want to know that she’s okay, or that we can get the ball rolling on whatever needs to [...]

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