"What's this? Where did everybody go? Why is it so dark all of a sudden?" We've starting patching Vera's good eye to make her bad eye work a little harder. So far, she's able to tolerate it for about half an hour, provided there's lots of entertainment. I don't know how much good it'll do though. There seems to be little reaction or movement from the bad eye. Only time will tell I guess.
Also, I was mistaken, Vera IS cross-eyed. Irises usually move either inwards or outwards when eyesight is poor.
The other issue is that Vera is far-sighted. Can you believe it? I thought that's something I would get when I get older. They thought she had Glaucoma at birth as well, but thankfully that's turned out to be untrue (you have to watch what medical professional tell you about what they "suspect" before tests are done...or else it can freak you out!)
As for her photosensitivity, she seems to not be as affected by bright lights as before. Maybe everything just takes time to improve.
So as of now at 13 months, Vera is still on saline drops that will help clear the haze (don't know if this is really effective but we just do it anyway) and anti-glaucoma drops called Timabak (prevents pressure from building up).
Far-sightedness, glaucoma prevention...sounds like a l'il old lady, doesn't she?
6 comments:
oh my goodness! this picture is just WAY too cute! your caption really says it perfectly :) let us know if the patching starts to do anything. when i tried it on kaiya she was very uncooperative - the patch didn't last more than a couple of minutes - so i gave up.
I love the patch, but I'm biased as both of my girls wear/wore eye patches! (for the opposite problem--eyes going out, not crossing in.)My baby, 1 year old, wore them for a few months, but ended up needing corrective eye surgery. She now wears glasses and has no more eye wandering. My 2 year old has been patching for almost a year, and she's shown GREAT improvement. Just a bit of encouragment to KEEP GOING. On a bad day we have gone through as many as 22 patches. She can pull them off faster than lightening! Our opthamologist said that patching is effective but has to be done consistently. So, just sending some encouragment your way!
Also, I order junior size patches that have cute designs on them: hearts, flowers, butterflies, dogs & cats, etc.. I don't know if you can order them where you are, but I would be willing to order some for you and ship them. Just let me know.
-MK
When you put PATCH WORK, i thot you had done a quilt for Vera! haha.
She's so inquisitive! Hope the patching will help. Jonathan was on it for a while and it helped his lazy eye. So keep on keeping up!
Isabelle (deviation of her left eye) started eye patch at 3 years old. Early days were tough. (Initially, I patched my eye with her) Press on.... it improved her lazy vision to an appropriate level.
As you can see, she controls and uses both her eyes more.
Keep it up..... Jia Yu!!
I LOVE THIS PICTURE! Her hand look so sweet and she explores what is on her eye. You are lucky about the bright lights. Annabel struggles so much with the sunlight or just going outside.
Thank you for the update. Give her hugs from Annabel
Back again and I am going to check on this blue tray. It is pretty neat and very light weight. It is property of the hospital but will ask the child life specialist who is loaning to Annabel.
Give Vera a big hug.
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