Today was Gookie's eye appointment. My parents came early today to watch Hunter for me while I took Gookie. I am SOO thankful they did as we were there for 2 hours. grammie and papa took Hunter to wal mart and to McDonalds where he played and played the whole time.
Meanwhile we get to the dr office and they didnt have Gookie on the schedule at all. The sitting room was packed and I had to sit on the floor. Thankfully they had some great toys and Brooke handled that hour really well.
The hardest part was waiting in the room but the front desk had some candy and i went out and grabbed some and the pacified her. Until she ran out, so the door stopper was her next source of entertainment and I let her go to town. The Doctor was in the next room and that was Gookie's not so settle way of telling him to hurry up, and he did.
Yes she definitely has a lazy eye and her brain is telling it to not be used as much. He checked her out real well and i totally trusted him and like him. For now, she will wear an eye patch on her good eye for 4 hrs a day for 2 weeks to strengthen the muscles in her bad eye. Dont really know how the patch will stay on as i know she will rip it off, but i will be diligent as i dont want her to have a crazy eye!!
Also i talked to him about my suspicions of mini seizures and what she does and how both eyes look totally dead and i cant snap her out of it. he said it sounded exactly like these mini seizures (he had a medical term for them) and that that would contribute to a lack of visual development. So i am glad that we are going to the Neurologist next week.
For now, Gookie will walk around with an eye patch and will call her our pirate.
2 comments:
I'm so glad that you are finding out what you need to do to help little Brooke! Good luck at the neurologist too. You are such a good mom for being aware of your little girl and knowing and following your mother's intuition. Well Nic would love to play with a "Sea Salt Sally' as he would call a girl pirate!!! We really kind of fizzled out of playing together each week...maybe the week after Thanksgiving we can get together?!
Oh poor little Brooke! My brother had the same thing and had to wear an eye patch when he was little. She will be one cute pirate.
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