LeLe's pediatrician gave me a call a couple of weeks ago to let me know that they think that there is something wrong with one of her eyes. From the screening done at the doctor, it appears that she has a lazy eye and is near sided in her left eye. So, today, we had a follow up appointment at Children's Hospital at 9:50.
Before the appointment, we had Mother's Day Out orientation at Hunter Street. LeLe will be attending there on Tuesday and Wednesday. Fortunately, she will be able to visit her old classmates and have some wonderful teachers. Ms. Mary and Ms. Joann both were Anne Reaves' teachers at Hunter Street and last year became very fond of our little LeLe. Since orientation didn't start until 9:00, we didn't have much time to visit but did have time to say "hey" to Mr. Duck. Mr. Duck lives in the hallway at Hunter Street and gets daily kisses from LeLe. She is infatuated with Mr. Duck. She has to kiss him on the way in and on the way out. She has had to do this ever since she was a tiny little baby. We were able to briefly speak to the teachers, drop off paperwork, kiss Mr. Duck, and take a couple of pictures. We were then on our way to the doctor.
Unfortunately, we had to go to Children's Hospital for the doctor's visit. Let me just start out by saying how grateful we are to have such a wonderful facility so close. While I am glad that it is close, it definitely breaks my heart to see so many kids that are suffering. While walking down the hall, we prayed for each little person we passed. Around 10:00, we were called back to visit Dr. Hein. It was amazing to watch them do an eye exam on a 20 month old. Thank goodness BoBo went with me!!
They called us right back and we went to a room. They had us sit on one side of the long narrow room in a chair. The nurse would get LeLe to look at a little toy close up and then would set off the pig that was across the room on the wall (remote controlled of course) to watch her eyes transition. She did feel like that LeLe had a slight lazy eye.
So, they proceeded to dialate LeLe's eyes. Bobo helped hold LeLe down while they put several eye drops in each eye. It was very funny watching Mother try to follow directions. The nurse asked mother to let LeLe straddle her and put her head on her knees. The next thing I know, Mother has the chair straddled with LeLe in her lap sitting on one knee. I think that the nurse thought we were crazy as I couldn't quit laughing.
I was very impressed that LeLe didn't act up while they were doing the drops. We then, got placed in a dark room for her eyes to dialate. Finally, we were ready. The doctor came in and pretty much repeated the same procedure as the nurse but at the same time would make LeLe look through a round lense. Again, I was impressed with the patience and the cooperation that we had from LeLe. As a result of all of the test, we came out with the following diagnosis: Mild Intermittent Exotropia and Far sightedness. Both of which, Dr. Hein thinks that she could grow out of in the next 6 months. If not, he will resort to either glasses, patches or surgery.
One interesting thing that he said was that you should be able to tell if it is getting better or worse by the reflection of the flash in LeLe's eyes. The reflection should be found in the same spot on both eyes. Looking back, we have found a few times where this is not the case. Other than that, I still haven't noticed her eye condition. Please say a prayer that this will fix itself before March.
