Eye Update!
So today Moon went to OHSU Casey Eye Center to get another opinion on the condition of her eyes. The appointment went really well and many people looked at her eyes (because it is also a med school). They basically did the same tests, etc that her usual eye doc does, which was reassuring. By the end of the (3 hour) appointment, Moon was sitting up in the exam chair by herself. She also was falling asleep, but at least that was cute!
The basic conclusion was that the original diagnosis of farsightedness, leading to strabismus and amblyopia was correct. Her vision in the left eye is considerably worse than the right eye (which we also already knew) and we need to get the vision in the left eye to equal the vision in the right eye before we can expect to see improvement in the crossed eye look. So, good news is that surgery is not in our near future. Not so good news, but still not bad, is that we are going to have to put a vision blurring drop in Moon's good eye (the right one) every other day to strengthen the left eye. The concept is the same as patching, only the vision will stay obscured for a longer amount of time and she cannot "remove" the drops. I am not too excited about putting a chemical in her eye every other day, but the eye doc did tell me about some studies that were done on the safety of the drops that OHSU was a part of and I felt a bit better. In the end, I think it will be worth it for a short period of time. We are going to give the drops 3-6 months. And we have a checkback appt next month with our regular eye doc. So that's it!
So today Moon went to OHSU Casey Eye Center to get another opinion on the condition of her eyes. The appointment went really well and many people looked at her eyes (because it is also a med school). They basically did the same tests, etc that her usual eye doc does, which was reassuring. By the end of the (3 hour) appointment, Moon was sitting up in the exam chair by herself. She also was falling asleep, but at least that was cute!
The basic conclusion was that the original diagnosis of farsightedness, leading to strabismus and amblyopia was correct. Her vision in the left eye is considerably worse than the right eye (which we also already knew) and we need to get the vision in the left eye to equal the vision in the right eye before we can expect to see improvement in the crossed eye look. So, good news is that surgery is not in our near future. Not so good news, but still not bad, is that we are going to have to put a vision blurring drop in Moon's good eye (the right one) every other day to strengthen the left eye. The concept is the same as patching, only the vision will stay obscured for a longer amount of time and she cannot "remove" the drops. I am not too excited about putting a chemical in her eye every other day, but the eye doc did tell me about some studies that were done on the safety of the drops that OHSU was a part of and I felt a bit better. In the end, I think it will be worth it for a short period of time. We are going to give the drops 3-6 months. And we have a checkback appt next month with our regular eye doc. So that's it!
4 comments:
yay!! good news. yeah, putting drops in her eye isn't optimal, but better than surgery. You're a brilliant mama, and always make the best decisions for the mooner. :D
this is good new, J. happy that the surgery option is not the recommended course at this time, and although drops in the eyes is not an easy decision, i am sending lots of "make her eyes strong" vibes for the next few months. ~claudia
I'm so glad that surgery isn't the way to go. Lots of love to you guys. Tell her Loki misses her...lol.
interesting, like a patchless patch. i am stoked to hear that no one is looking at surgery now. really it doesn't improve vision, right, just straightens the eye? sounds like you guys are totally on track!
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