Last Friday, I took Kayla to Dr. Lee (ophthalmologist) for her appointment. Kayla is getting comfortable with going there. On the way over, she told me that she was going to whisper the letters into my ear so that I could tell the doctor what she was seeing and that she was going to get drops in her eyes (for dilation).
Kayla did great at the appointment. She did whisper the letters in my ear so I could repeat them aloud. And her eyes did get dilated. Her right eye tested at 20/20. Her left eye is still pretty much gone. She could see the doctor wave her arm up and down or side to side and a close distance (about 2-3 feet), which is about the same. Her optic nerves are very pale, which is a result of the chemotherapy. Her left eye is much paler than her right eye.
Dr. Lee talked to me about Kayla wearing safety glasses - since she is a "one-eyed" child. They would just be regular glasses, with very little prescription (just enough so the insurance would pay for them. . . ) that she would wear to have a little added protection to her good eye. It would be very bad for something to happen to that eye. So, we decided to do that. I asked Kayla if she would like to wear glasses like Nathan and she said yes. She picked out a cute little pair of pink frames and will get them in a couple of weeks.
Another thing I talked to Dr. Lee about was her left eye starting to wander - just a tad. When she looks at me, I can tell that her left eye is not focusing and it is just slightly off. It's not too noticeable right now, but if it gets worse, that is something they could correct with surgery. Yuck. I guess we'll see how things go down the road. . .
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