Eye Update
Joseph is healing really well. We went and saw the eye specialist, Dr. Corey, today. He said Joseph's eye is clearing up great. They had blood work done and everything came out clear. Dr. Corey said there is a chance something might have been not have registered on the test so they will do further testing. The most likely cause of Joseph's uveitis is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Testing has been done to rule it out, but Dr. Corey is going to bring in a pediatric rheumatic specialist to help 
with the diagnostic. The surgury for Joseph's left eye is scheduled for Friday, April 25. For those who have looked up info about the uveitis, Joseph has posterior uveitis, or panuveitis. Nothing we have looked up talked about surgury as a treatment. This scared me that we had jumped into something crazy. We spoke to the Dr. Corey today and he told us that normally they would treat it with eye drops but Joseph's case is so severe and unusual that if we didn't do the surgury that he would never learn to use his eyes properly and likely develop a lazy eye. I am so thankful that Heavenly Father has guided us to get help when we did. For those who would like to read more about it here are two links that I liked. We will be posting more as we get more info. Please keep our little Joseph in your prays. Thanks for all the love and concern.
Joseph is healing really well. We went and saw the eye specialist, Dr. Corey, today. He said Joseph's eye is clearing up great. They had blood work done and everything came out clear. Dr. Corey said there is a chance something might have been not have registered on the test so they will do further testing. The most likely cause of Joseph's uveitis is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Testing has been done to rule it out, but Dr. Corey is going to bring in a pediatric rheumatic specialist to help 
with the diagnostic. The surgury for Joseph's left eye is scheduled for Friday, April 25. For those who have looked up info about the uveitis, Joseph has posterior uveitis, or panuveitis. Nothing we have looked up talked about surgury as a treatment. This scared me that we had jumped into something crazy. We spoke to the Dr. Corey today and he told us that normally they would treat it with eye drops but Joseph's case is so severe and unusual that if we didn't do the surgury that he would never learn to use his eyes properly and likely develop a lazy eye. I am so thankful that Heavenly Father has guided us to get help when we did. For those who would like to read more about it here are two links that I liked. We will be posting more as we get more info. Please keep our little Joseph in your prays. Thanks for all the love and concern.
6 comments:
Oh my goodness!! I am so glad that Joseph was able to have the procedure done quickly and that it went well. We will be keeping you guys in our prayers.
What a trooper. We are so glad that everything has gone so well!
Oh my goodness, Missy! We had no idea! Please let us know if we can help! James' sister will be here with her 3 boys and one girl, so we can do a park date or something to let you get some rest!
We love you!
We're happy all is going well. What a tuff kid. I know Mike would say he gets it from you. I heard about the story of you knocking kurt down in the church. Anyway glad everything is going well. We are thinking of you guys.
I'm so glad that he's doing well and that things are being taken care of.
Whew! I know that's been quite the ordeal for you all... give our love to everyone, especially Joseph!
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