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| Day of eye surgery, just 5 months old. |
Since India’s eye surgery back in February 2008 and
getting her glasses in February 2009, we have been making a visit to the ophthalmologist’s
office every 6 months, and every time we hear the same thing. Her eyes are doing what they are supposed
when she wears her glasses. I expected
to hear the same thing today, but sadly, this was not the case. Her left eye is starting to get what is
called Dissociated Vertical Deviation (DVD).
From http://www.aapos.org/terms/conditions/44
“DVD is a condition in which one eye drifts
upward. The eye may drift upward only occasionally or be deviated almost
constantly. The amount of drifting may even vary during the course of the day.
Often, DVD is only seen in one eye by a parent, while testing by an
ophthalmologist may reveal the problem is actually present in both eyes.” She is making up for this by leaning her head
to the right. Jeff and I never noticed
this until they pointed it out to us today.
It is just a slight lean, but enough that it is totally obvious to me
now.
The good news is that her eyes want to work together, if they were not her left eye would be drifting around all the time not just occasionally. The bad news is that she will more than likely need another surgery. I had really hoped that she would never need another, so I am pretty sad to hear that it might still be an option. We have to go back in and have her looked at again in three months and see if anything has changed, and possibly change her prescription, get a patch or schedule a surgery.
I know that there are so many worse things that could happen to your kid, but hearing your child will probably need surgery is still something, no parent wants to hear. I will post more after our next appointment.
The good news is that her eyes want to work together, if they were not her left eye would be drifting around all the time not just occasionally. The bad news is that she will more than likely need another surgery. I had really hoped that she would never need another, so I am pretty sad to hear that it might still be an option. We have to go back in and have her looked at again in three months and see if anything has changed, and possibly change her prescription, get a patch or schedule a surgery.
I know that there are so many worse things that could happen to your kid, but hearing your child will probably need surgery is still something, no parent wants to hear. I will post more after our next appointment.
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