[Wylie's Mom]

Wylie has had hereditary cataracts (not 2ndary to a disease) since he was 5. He only had one in 1 eye for several years. Now, he has them in both eyes and his vision is really bad. He will be 10 in July.

We went to the Ophth back when he had his first cataract, and were told to wait on surgery. We went back again last year when the 2nd cataract was worsening (it's now even worse). The Ophth said that until / unless his vision starts to really affect his life, that her recommendation is to wait. We are now beginning to see some side effects of his poor vision...although, if you met him, you'd really have no clue that he had a vision problem. It's the little things that we, as his Mom/Dad, can notice. He gets around amazingly as long as nothing is out of place....runs around the yard, knows where all the landscaping is etcetera. So it's not reallllly affecting him that much. But, we feel really bad when we do notice it affecting him, and feel bad that he can't see well.

We're conflicted on whether to get the surgery...I've heard good and bad about it. Also, someone recently told me that getting the surgery can really increase the chances of glaucoma developing.

If you've gone through it, what do you see as pros/cons...what was your experience? What did you pay for it, if you feel comfortable sharing that? It will cost us about 4k to do one eye, and about $5500 to do both eyes.

Thanks for any advice!