Back to the Eye Doc

When Kate was just two months old, we noticed that one of her pupils appeared slightly larger than the other.  We took her into her pediatrician's office who referred us to a pediatric opthamologist.  When we went, all checked out fine and normal and she was diagnosed as having a teensy bit of anisocoria.  They sent us on our way and told us to come back in two years.

Over the last couple of years, the anisocoria seems to have gotten less dramatic.  We notice it more when she is tired or in low light, like when we noticed it at first, but it has since become something that we kind of have to "look" for rather than just see.  Nonetheless, the doc said to come back in two years so that is what we did.

(Side note: As I was going through pictures for Kate's birthday banner a couple of months ago, I noticed a photo where her eye had a white-ish glow instead of the reddish glow from the flash.  I once again nearly gave myself a panic attack after Googling what this could be a result of and have been very anxious about getting Kate into this appointment.)

Our patient patient!

Oooohh!  This area where Mommy told me not to
go looks VERY interesting!

That little stinker!

I captured her, gave her a pop, and we took an
eye doc visit selfie!

Our appointment was just yesterday, and, fortunately, all checked out perfectly fine again.  The doctor said her eyes are progressing wonderfully.  When she dilated them and looked into them she said she saw normal, healthy, red areas which apparently is what you want to see.  Deep breath out.  What a relief!

And Kate did such a fantastic job!  It was a long day!  We were there for a couple of hours because we had to wait while her eyes dilated.  And the appointment spread right over her nap so she was on her best behavior without having a nap!  She listened well to me and to the doctor!  At one point, the doctor put some 3-D glasses on Kate and held up a 3-D photo.  She said, "This is probably too young for her but we'll try it."  And then she asked Kate what she saw.

Kate responded, "Fow-fer!"  (That's "flower" in Kate speak.)

And the doctor then said, "Yeah, she's too young."

I promptly asked the doctor what the picture was of and she said it was a butterfly.  "Oh," I said, "Kate calls butterflies "flowers" right now!"

The doctor was super impressed that Kate was able to recognize and verbally say what she saw once she realized that she did see the image and I was super proud that I spoke up and really got to the bottom of this.  After all, I know my child best, right?!  And I highly doubted that Kate was "too young" to tell us the picture she saw.  Kate is extremely intelligent and I knew she wouldn't just say "flower" out of nowhere if it didn't look similar to a flower.  I was so proud of Kate too!

As soon as we were finished and out to the car, Kate crashed.  And she crashed hard!  It was a long day, but we are all so glad that everything is looking normal and perfect in her beautiful baby blues!

Our little angel.  We love you!