We had a visit to the ophthalmologist today, to follow up on what the Geneticist had noted. The doctor was obviously a kid specialist- the room was decorated with drawings from kids, and there were toys and posters all over. The doctor held different small toys out to check Peter's gaze, then held some prisms up to his eyes. Then someone else came, looked with more prisms and toys. I asked about the prisms, and she said they moved the image of the toy, so they could tell if he was following it with his gaze. Interesting. Then the dilation drops, so they could check out the inner eye....half hour of waiting for them to take effect...all the while my husband has taken off work to meet us at the Dr.s, and has both girls in the waiting room....and finally the last part of the exam, where the Dr. looked through a bunch of lenses at Peter's eyes. Peter had fallen aseep and was NOT happy.
Good news, Peter doesn't need glasses, BUT he does have Duane's Retraction. I wasnt happy after my research made me freak out about Duane's Syndrome. The doctor said that it is not serious, and not even that uncommon. He thought it was more likely Peter had this eye thing AND hearing loss, instead of the two being linked and a "syndrome". He will ask for "thinner slices of the brainstem" when it comes to the scan next week. That sounds kind of like a weird mushroom dish, but it will help them to see what is connected to what back there. The Duane's is not anything they would normally order a CT scan for, but since it's already being done they might as well get all the use they can out of it.
The Duane's also means that Peter will have to turn his head more to the left to get a good view in that direction, but he has already figured that out for himself. The dr. suggested Peter might have an easier time batting left handed when it comes time for softball or baseball ;) Hopefully that is the only accommodation needed!
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