Eye Specialist

Aidan had his appt with the eye specialist today. He is definitely going to need some help. He has "Strabismus and Amblyopia" of the right eye. Strabismus is the term for the eye turning inward. Amblyopia is the brain essentially shutting off his right eye b/c it's confused. The brain doesn't know which eye to focus on so it shuts off the one that turns in. We go back next Tues. We have to put drops in his eye twice on Sun and twice on Mon. They will check his eye vision and function on Tues. He will then need to get a patch for his left eye to make the brain start using his right eye again and he will need glasses to correct the turning in. This works in 80% of kids with these issues and the other 20% need surgery to correct but we're hoping it doesn't come to that.