The news you have been waiting for…..

Kelsey’s latest ocular (read: eye patch) therapy is a 100% success!  I didn’t say much earlier as we had no idea what to expect.  We worked with one optometrist this summer who got us started on the therapy and then continued with her regular ophthalmologist this fall.  Her eyesight was just not getting any better and we were fearful of what could happen if we weren’t more aggressive.

He was understandably somewhat hesitant, but we dove straight in nonetheless.  Since September 6, she has worn an eye patch on her right eye from waking up until going to bed (minus swim class, of course).  She has always had a lot of catching up to do, and without digressing further, no thanks to the lousy geneticist who saw her after birth and utterly screwed with our minds.  Due to his incorrect diagnosis, the surgery for her true (FIXABLE) problem of craniosynostosis was delayed by 13 months, and thus, her eyesight worsened.

The glasses have helped but this maximum dose of ocular therapy has really done its part.  She whizzed through the eye charts today like I have never seen.  With and without the glasses, right eye and left, the improvement was incredible.  The doctor was very impressed and can’t wait to see the changes in December when we go back for a follow-up.

And, yes, a future surgery is still a possibility due to the lack of muscle control in her eye, but this is way more than we expected in such a short time.  Go, Kelsey!