Wow, life has been so busy for us lately. Just got back from a month vacation early Saturday morning. Sunday Kara turned 2! Time has flown. Matt and I are so proud of Kara and all she has accomplished in her two years. She is all over the place and so very busy. Getting into everything and her new favorite word is "down". Unfortunately she wants down whether we are at a gas station, airport, or anywhere else completely filthy.
Today has left my head spinning. We had a Pediatrician appointment this morning. Kara is doing great, healthy, happy. She got her last immunization till she is 4. Assuming she doesn't get sick, she doesn't have to go to the doctor again till her 3 year check-up.
After the pediatrician we had an ophthalmology appointment with a new Pediatric Ophthalmologist. Now for you to understand why my head was spinning I need to give you a little background. We started taking Kara to the Ophthalmologist when she was 5 months old, and fresh out of the hospital. Her eyes were consistently crossed which may have been caused by the pressure in her head. She has been seeing him every few months since then and he has told us over and over to patch her eyes. Then he prescribed her glasses and continued to tell us to patch her eyes. I was getting a little frustrated with the continuing of patching her eyes with no change or hope for the future. To make matters worse the Ophthalmologist would not answer my questions and even had moments where he was down right rude to me. Needless to say Matt and I were unhappy with him. So I got referred to the only other Pediatric Ophthalmologist in town (to clarify there are other Ophthalmologist who take children. This is the only other Only Pediatric Ophthalmologist in Greenville.) We had our first appointment with her today. She was much better with Kara. Her diagnosis is what threw me for a loop. She dilated Kara's eyes, which her other Ophthalmologist had only done her very first visit. She spent a lot of time checking Kara's eyes and used lots of different tools that I had never seen used. She told me that Kara has a condition called Esotropia. She said her eyes were seeing double vision therefore her brain told her left eye to stop pretty much which is why it turned in. To correct it she needs to get the left eye working again before it completely shuts down. She has us putting drops in the right eye everyday that will blur her vision and dilate her eye. Then on August 14th she will have eye muscle surgery. She made it very clear that this is not something we can wait on. She was booked until October but told her assistant that we have to get Kara in before that. She still may not get back any form of depth perception we are praying that she will. The kicker was when she told me she doesn't need glasses. So my daughter who previously was prescribed patches and glasses by one doctor, now needs surgery asap with drops to blur her vision everyday all day and no glasses. I am obviously nervous that my daughter is once again having surgery but more than anything I am confused. Not only did my daughter get two different diagnosis' but they are completely opposite. I have zero medical knowledge so how do I know who is right and who is wrong? For now we are going to do the surgery and are just praying that God protects her and guides us in this new challenge he has given us.
Please pray with us for little Kara.
Matt and Lindsay
