Monday morning I got a call from Kayla's ophthalmologist's office reminding me of Kayla's appointment the next morning at 10:30AM. Either I totally spaced it or it was scheduled without me knowing about it because I was completely surprised by it. Luckily, we were free and able to go. I am just glad we got the reminder call!
So, today was her appointment. I tried to feel her out a little about how she would do by asking her if she would answer the doctor's questions and do what Dr. Lee asked her to do. She hesitated a little bit, but told me that she would.
I dropped Lily and Benson off at a friend's (my friends are really coming in handy ;) and headed to downtown Boise for the appointment.
Kayla did so well. She was a little shy at first, but she did great, mostly pointing at pictures and saying the names to letters that she saw. Phew! So, they were able to get a good idea about her vision. Her right eye is really good. She has 20/30 vision in that eye. When they put the patch on her right eye to test her left, she had a lot of trouble seeing even the biggest letters and pictures. I could tell it was a little frustrating to her, she kept saying, "I can't see it. I can't see it."
So, her vision in her left eye is pretty poor. I can't remember the numbers, it might be something like 20/250, if I am getting those numbers in the right order.
Dr. Lee was then able to tell us that yes, her left eye was the one most affected by the tumor. She dilated Kayla's eyes and was also able to see that her optic nerves are no longer inflamed. That is definitely good! The color of her optic nerves was a pale yellow. They are normally a pink/orange/yellow color. Having pale nerves is pretty normal for having a tumor also.
Pretty much all we can do right now is continue chemo treatments. We scheduled another appointment for July 10th, so in two months. I wrote it on my calendar.
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