No, this is not a picture from last nights lighting storms. It is Daniel's inside of his eyeball lit up with contrast. The blob on the side is a blood spot with white in the middle which is infection from the cmv virus. There is a positive, we got a second negative blood test back yesterday which is great but the cmv treatment was worse than horrific. we should have cut out th e middle man as expected and cut right to the chase and come right to surgery. Daniel new he wouldn't be able to handle the testing and treatment without sedation and he was right. Without going into detail, the University eye specialist may be eye experts but they are not kid experts. it did not go well. Fast forward to this morning (early early) and we are back up in the University Hospital but for full on sedation. After a lot of unorganized mishugas, we got the ball rolling and the procedure itself was quick. Daniel waking up, not so much but I hope all went well. Being sedated, he stayed still and they got it done. he will need to be sedated and treated twice a week many weeks until his immune system kicks in and can fight this cmv in its own. with our second negative in a row if he can keep that going maybe his system can meet up with the treatments without having to treat him systematically with more drugs. Fingers crossed this is coming together. This new hurdle is going to be a pain in the ass but one that is terrifying. Losing his eyesight scares me to death. I can't even think of this possibility as a side effect at this point in the process. We will deal with this pain of logistics. It will be a crappy first few weeks of summer again. This may out a significant dent in his video game playing, but all for good reason. Tomorrow we will acknowledge a year of triumphs. I hope he feels well enough to recognize his strengths. I know I will have a swarm of thoughts as I always do. Now just compacted with a few rungs on the ladder...as if we needed them.