Giving Thanks: Day 17

Today I am grateful that we were finally able to get Gatlin into the Opthalmologist.  About 7 months ago his right eye began turning in towards his nose.  At first I didn't really think that it was a big thing but it kept getting worse and worse.  At the time life was really crazy and hectic (Matt was graduating and we were moving) so we didn't get a chance to see the doctor about it.  Now that things have settled down a bit we went to the pediatrician last week.  He wrote up a referral for us and we schedule the appointment for today.   Dr. Moody is a great doctor and was very kind to us.  He did have some bad news for us though.  Gatlin is going to need to have surgery on both eyes.  He has a lazy eye and it needs to be corrected.  He is also going to need to wear glasses and will probably need more surgeries in the future.  It is a minor surgery but I am still really nervous for him.  Matt and I are more concerned with how he will do after.  How do you prepare a non-verbal, autistic child for surgery?  Matt and I will both be there and we hope that we will be able to calm and comfort him.  I am grateful to be fixing this problem for him but am still a little worried for him.  I am grateful that this can be corrected quickly.