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ambrvan
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DS got bad news at eye dr today
ambrvan
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DS has been having headaches sporadically for about a year now, so at my mother's advice, I had MIL take him to the eye doctor today while DH and I were at work. I thought that maybe he needed glasses or something.
As it turns out, he doesn't appear to be able to see out of his right eye at all.
He had a cyst come up on his upper lid at about 10mo, and when it never went away, I mentioned it at a pedi appt. I wasn't all too concerned about it because it didnt appear painful or to be causing problems. So we agreed not to do anything about it at the time. Pedi said to keep an eye on it and if it became painful or interfered with his blinking or vision to revisit the issue again.
DS is only 4.5, and I never thought about taking him to the eye doctor until he vot his screening during his first year of school (he starts pre-k at the elementary school this year). Like I said, I sent him to the eye doctor today because of headaches.
Well, apparently, at some point in time that cyst was big on thebinside of his eye lid and caused damage (a dent...?) to his cornea. Today it appeared he couldn't see at all out of that eye. So H and I have to go together with DS on Friday to determine the acuity of that eye. As of now, they are saying he will need surgery and to wear an eye patch over the good eye to strengthen the bad eye.
H is mad at our pedi, saying she should have known and insisted that we follow up with an eye dr about the cyst. But I'm mad at myself for not being more concerned about it. I dont think it is anyone's fault, really. I told DH that we just need to wait and see what they say on Friday. I told him it could be worse. He doesn't have cancer, and this is able to be corrected. So I think that's something to be thankful for.
As it turns out, he doesn't appear to be able to see out of his right eye at all.
He had a cyst come up on his upper lid at about 10mo, and when it never went away, I mentioned it at a pedi appt. I wasn't all too concerned about it because it didnt appear painful or to be causing problems. So we agreed not to do anything about it at the time. Pedi said to keep an eye on it and if it became painful or interfered with his blinking or vision to revisit the issue again.
DS is only 4.5, and I never thought about taking him to the eye doctor until he vot his screening during his first year of school (he starts pre-k at the elementary school this year). Like I said, I sent him to the eye doctor today because of headaches.
Well, apparently, at some point in time that cyst was big on thebinside of his eye lid and caused damage (a dent...?) to his cornea. Today it appeared he couldn't see at all out of that eye. So H and I have to go together with DS on Friday to determine the acuity of that eye. As of now, they are saying he will need surgery and to wear an eye patch over the good eye to strengthen the bad eye.
H is mad at our pedi, saying she should have known and insisted that we follow up with an eye dr about the cyst. But I'm mad at myself for not being more concerned about it. I dont think it is anyone's fault, really. I told DH that we just need to wait and see what they say on Friday. I told him it could be worse. He doesn't have cancer, and this is able to be corrected. So I think that's something to be thankful for.
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Re: DS got bad news at eye dr today
You are a good mom and we can't think of everything. You sent him to the dr today and did what you needed to do and can now make arrangements for anything else that needs to be done to help him. That's what a good mom does.
Don't beat yourself up. ITA with Sigir & Illumine.
DS has always been clumsy. But so am I.I never thought much about it. He does walk into walls and door faces just about every day. But so do I. He can throw a baseball and football like nobody's business, so I never really thought a whole lot about him actually having vision problems. And I swear he can spot little things driving down the road that none if us ever would have noticed.
Thoughts and prayers to and for you guys. My DS has a host of eye problems and we were told that we had to see specialist, wear patches, get glasses among other measures to correct his vision. As part of a NIH study we met with a Pediatric Ophthalmologist who discovered that he could see better than he should.
I felt like a failure because I didn't know my kid couldn't see because he did everything like everyone else. He though that everyone saw the way he does so he didn't know to tell me something wasn't ok.
The eye exam is created for adults and modified for children so some times they give incorrect readings. I am hoping that is the case for your DS. Please remember to stay as calm as you can and treat whatever his diagnosis is like it is as normal as loosing teeth to keep your DS calm and confident about it.