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On Friday Eden visited the opthamologist again. He didn't check her vision like I thought he was going to do today, but he's really pleased with her lid closure. It's the most improvement he's seen in her yet and it indicates that the 7th nerve function is returning. We only have to patch 30 min. a day, a difference he said between treatment and maintenance (we're in vision maintenance phase right now). And her cornea remains very healthy. He differs in opinion with the plastic surgeon concerning the gold weight. He doesn't think it's the best treatment in a child, even for aesthetics. He believes its function is for protection of the eye if the eye needs further protection and in Eden's case whatever we've been doing is working well. He wants to see her again after the next MRI and get her squared away with glasses if necessary before we move. He can help us with opthamologists at Children's in Philadelphia.

The Developmentalist came for the first time on Thursday. I wanted her opinion regarding Eden's speech and I feel encouraged after talking with her. She's really pleased with the things Eden IS doing and gave me a few simple communication exercises to try with her. She also said that speech development often mirrors fine motor development, so if there's a delay in one there's often a delay in the other. Interesting. She'll come once a month.