Prosthetic Eye Making

First Tate had to take out his eye to make a mold out of the eye socket. He is holding his temporary eye. They used a suction thing to pull it out.

Kevin, our ocularist, first made molds out of the inside of our hands. Then he made one out of Tate's eye socket. This felt weird and Tate wasn't too happy about it but it was better than putting him to sleep to have it done. It is like getting a mold made of your teeth.
Once the mold was made, we came back that afternoon to have Kevin match the eye color. We then came back the next day to pick up his new eye. The color matches perfectly and it brought tears to my eyes to see Tate and he was so excited too! We have been back twice already to have adjustments. It is quite the process.