Yesterday (1/17/11), Bryn had a routine eye appointment. When she was born she had a spot in her left eye and we were sent to a doctor to have it looked at. He said that it would not affect her vision, but he would like to see her back every year for a check up! So yesterday was that annual event. I went to the appointment thinking all would be good and we would go home. The doctor checked her eyes and noticed that her left eye turns in. He asked if I had noticed it before and I said yes. Next thing I know the dr. is telling me Bryn has amblyopia "lazy eye". It needs to be corrected or she could loose her vision in her left eye. Her brain has shut her left eye off and she has been using her right eye to see. We left the office with a prescription for glasses, patches for therapy and thoughts of possible surgery if this is not corrected. After the girls came home and napped, we went to have Bryn fitted for glasses. They should arrive on Monday.
Last night we let Bryn try her patch for an hour so that we could see how she would react. We put it on her and had her look in the mirror. We clapped for her and told her how beautiful she was. We took these pictures of her so she could know we thought she was super cool. She only touched it once and then left it alone. We took her out for ice cream and just kept telling her how cool her patch was! She has to wear her patch for 4 hours a day, everyday. I don't know for how long, but it is at least for 1 month. Life is always interesting with Bryn. We sure do love her.
3 comments:
Cute pictures! Hopefully the eye patch and the glasses will do the trick! I can't wait to see her glasses-those have got to be so cute!
she looks so stinking cute (with or without the patch!)
Oh Bryn...she's quite the fashionista!
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