This isn't a picture of Liam's eyeball, but the doctor did take one just like it yesterday. Liam was fascinated by it. He has now decided that he wants to be an eye doctor when he grows up. And not just because of the cool chair that goes up and down.
This year's appointment was much more successful and less traumatic for everyone. Last year Liam had to have eye drops for the first time ever and he F.R.E.A.K.E.D. out! It took Hilary, me and the Doctor to hold him down, wrench his eyelids apart and try to get a minuscule amount of the drop actually near his eyeball. Not only did he not need drops this year, he didn't seem to be scarred by last years visit either. He walked in like a pro, hopped up on the chair and quizzed the Dr. about every machine and button in the room.
He also got to use the grown up letter charts this year instead of the pictures for the little kids. He was quite proud of this fact too.
His left eye continues to be weak. He had Scarlet Fever in April 2007 and during the fever stage his left eye turned in so that he was looking at the side of his nose. It corrected itself after a couple of hours, but ever since then he can make it do that on his own. It grosses me out!! I have eyeball issues (stuff for another phobia post!) and we have worked with him all year to ensure that he doesn't do it and cause more muscle damage.
So we left yesterday with a new, stronger prescription. We weren't surprised by this, as the Dr. didn't give him the full prescription last year. They like to start kids off with a less intense prescription because they are more likely to wear the glasses and keep them on in the beginning with it's all new and their world suddenly looks very different.
Since Liam went through 4 sets of frames from September to November last year (his record was 3 days!) we are going to see about just getting new lenses for his current pair of gold frames. They are very robust and he's been wearing them for almost 8 months now. We do have a second pair that he can wear while they are getting fixed.
And we will be back to see the eye doctor in another year to see how much his eye sight changes again.
3 comments:
Eye drops suck! Both girls had them done this year. Lika didn't like them at all. Tita did a lot better because we had about 4 people holding her down last year.
She also does really well with her glasses. The few times they have broken were due to little sister damage or damage on the playground.
Her next set of glasses, we will probably get her the transitions lenses so she has sunglasses too.
Oh man, you *know* I have eye doctor issues! And as blase as I try to be about going when the kiddo is my audience, she still hates those drops.
Unfortunately, her OT thinks that the kiddo is squinting a lot (too much) and also having problems with tracking, so we now have an appt with a different eye doc in 2 weeks for a second opinion (had one with her regular eye doc 2 months ago, and he didn't find anything wrong that he felt needed glasses). There's a good chance we'll all be specs-wearers by the time she starts kindy next month....
EEEEK!
Oh and that picture TOTALLY squicked me out!!! EW EW EW! :D
Having just spent 600 dollars on my own glasses I understand...I have a pair of titanium and a pair of surgical plastic....both nearly indestructible. I am glad that he did so well. I totally loved the picture...it was way cool...now I have to go google eye diseases and check them out...want me to link you up??......I didn't think so.
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