The Trip to the Pediatric Ophthalmologist

Josh had an appointment with his eye doctor last Wednesday. It was just a routine visit, but routine can turn out otherwise with Josh. We have had so many twists and turns with his condition that I never look at an appointent as "just a routine visit".

Josh's appointment went well. His eye pressures were 15 in his healthy eye, and 19 in his eye with PHPV, microphthalmia, and aphakic glaucoma. It was exactly the same as it had been the previous visit. Stable is good. The last visit there was some concern that his pressure was beginning to creep up a bit.
Josh read the big boy eye chart for the very first time. He had been reading the one with the shapes, and had it memorized. The program I use to teach my children to read does not have a lot of practice with capitol letters in kindergarten. I decided to begin drills for capitols. His vision was exactly the same in his right eye, the one with the problems, 20/50 (with his contact lens and glasses, of course.) His left eye needed a prescription change, it was only 20/40, but with the prescription change, he was able to see 20/20. I have to wonder if we would picked up on his need for a prescription change if he had not been able to read the letter chart.

The non-routine event of the day had nothing to do with Josh.
As we were leaving to go to the doctor's office, Christopher poked Sarah in the eye with his fingernail. Sarah had already planned to go with me, so I went ahead and took her along, never realizing just how badly her eye really hurt. She is a bit over dramatic, which is typical for her age.

When we got to the doctor's office, the doctor was in the reception area and heard us talking about Sarah's mishap. He came out to the waitingroom to have a look. He told us he would have a better look when they called Josh back to a room.
Turns out Sarah had a corneal abrasion! She needed antibiotic drops and a follow-up visiton Friday. On Friday, her cornea looked better, but she still had blurry vision in that eye. We have to go back in 4-6wks to have it checked again.