I rarely post, but I hoped you ladies could send some well wishes to my DD.
My DH and I had noticed some irregular eye movements in our DD, so we mentioned it at her 4-month well visit. The pediatrician recommended we get an evaluation with a pediatric opthalmologist, which we had today. While Annabel's right eye seemed ok, the doc said that the retina of her left eye was completely detached and he didn't think her vision in that eye was salvagable, but he wasn't sure. He made some calls so we could be seen immediately by a pediatric retina specialist.
The specialist examined her, and the end result is that she has to go to children's hospital for eye surgery on Monday afternoon. He's going to do an in-depth exam of her eyes under anesthesia to get a better idea of how bad the left eye is and whether the right eye has any problems or not. Depending on the outcome of that, he may proceed to do laser surgery on the right eye to keep it from deteriorating like the left eye, and then if it looks like there is anything he can do for the left eye to restore vision he will do that also. He won't know until he goes in, but as of now Annabel has no vision in her left eye.
I'm heartbroken that DD has to deal with this, and worried about the surgery on Monday. To think that this morning my biggest worry was that she woke up an extra time to be fed last night. She was so good during all the poking and prodding today. All I want is for her to be healthy and happy. I hope you'll send some thoughts and prayers our way. Thanks.
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T&P for you and your family!!! Hope all goes well..
Just curious, what kind of irregular eye movements were you noticing? Aditya seems to get a little more cross eyed every day...
I'm so sorry you and your family are going through this challenge. My thoughts and prayers are with you, keep us posted please! ::hugs::
T & P to you and your family. I hope all turns out well.
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I'm sorry about your sweet baby girl, and I'm thinking and praying for her (and you and your DH). You did a good thing by going to the doctor right away. I know this isn't the same thing, but our DS was just diagnosed with hearing loss and it's so hard...just know that these little babies are so resilient and whatever they grow up with, will be normal to them. I'm sure your DD will be just fine after the surgery!
Please keep us updated!