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July 25, 2005
I can see clearly now...
Momma reports that Emma does not appreciate having drops put in her eyes.
The big milestone for today was a trip to the pediatric ophthalmologist -- the kiddie eye doc. More jiggery-pokery, this time with the added bonus of dilation and throwaway sunglasses. In Emma's case, more like "shred in the car floor" sunglasses, but you get the idea.
The gist of things is this: she has lazy eye, and if she's not nearsighted now, she will be.
The lazy eye is a fairly pronounced case of exotropia. It's very treatable. In the last week, Emma has begun scooting around backward and pivoting, both precursors to crawling. Crawling, we've been told, may help strengthen her eyes and correct the issue.
Failing that, the glasses that she's regrettably destined to wear might. If not that, we can patch her eye (Banana has already promised her a pirate's hat in this eventuality), or look at surgery as a last resort. So we're not terribly concerned about that, just anxious to get it under control.
As for the nearsightedness...well, what can we say? Since we both wear glasses, we can certainly sympathize. Still, there's nothing to be done for it, is there?
Posted by brlittle at July 25, 2005 10:52 AM