Eye Appointment

N had his big eye appointment today.  I took my camera, but realized after we got there that I had left my camera battery at the house.  :(  Oh well, right?

We got there around 2:45 and sat in the waiting room for a while.  We went back around 3:15 and met with the doctor and he did a basic eye exam. Next came the eye dilation, which was what I worried about.  He did great. It was pretty simple.

After they put the drops in his eyes, we had to go back to the waiting room and wait for about 30 minutes for the drops to work.  He fell asleep just as we were headed back to the exam room.  The nurse noticed that they were not dilated as much as they needed to be, so he got more drops and then we got to wait some more.  He grunted when she put the drops in, but went right back to sleep and pretty much slept until the doctor came in.
 
We got some good news and some not so good news.  The good news is that the back of his eyes are healthy.  There are no major concerns and that is wonderful.  The not so good news is that he is farsighted, a tad different in babies than in adults.  It basically means that he has trouble focusing and because of that, his eyes are going together in order to help him focus.  His left eye tends to move inward and is weaker than the right eye.

What does this mean?
He gets to wear the patch everyday for two hours each day.  We have to patch the right eye for two days and then patch the left for one, and then repeat the cycle.  This will help prevent the right eye from weakening in the process.
He also gets to get glasses.  Yes, you read that right, my seven month old son is getting glasses.  Crazy, huh?  We have his prescription and will probably go look this weekend for glasses.  (The office gave us a list of places that sell infant glasses. )

He has another appointment on December 2 and this will help the doctor know if the patching and glasses are improving his eyes.  Once they determine that, we will know what the next course of action will be.   If the patch/glasses don't work, he will probably have to have eye muscle surgery, an outpatient surgery.

Thanks for your prayers.