Tonight after going to bed, Bradley called me to his room to tell me his cataracts are getting worse. He said, I can usually blink and it will go away but I keep blinking and it's not going away. His next appointment will be May 23rd. I'm anxious to see how they are. They get a little worse with each visit. We are going every 6 months now. The doctor hopes to put off surgery until he is 16, which is a year away.
Sometimes these things make me question whether or not it is really good for Bradley to be on steroids. Cataracts, Avascular necrosis, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Weight gain, Growth failure; all of these things have been the cost of long term steroid therapy.
But I can't help thinking that the steroids could be keeping him walking. I know it is also a miracle that Bradley is still walking, but I believe God gives us medical staff and treatments to fight diseases. Making decisions can be difficult; we don't want to do anything that may cause him to stop walking.
