Eyes

October has been the month of going to the eye doctor. It started with Braden. Since the second he was born, he has had a droopy eye. The pediatrician really wanted us to get it checked out, so I took Braden to an opthamologist who specializes in pediatrics.

The Dr. was quite thorough in his examination and assessment of Braden - or at least as thorough as you can be with an 18 month old. He determined that his vision wasn't being affected yet and we are going to give it another 6 months and we will go in and get it checked out again. If it does start to affect his vision, then we will be in Utah having surgery to correct it. However, the bad thing about the surgery is that obviously he would be put under anesthesia and the side effect is that his eye would never again close all the way. We are hoping that it will be fine until he is in his teens. At which time if he decides he wants to have the surgery for cosmetic purposes, it is just a local and they can make it so his eye would open and close normally.

I really liked the guy and decided I wanted to make sure we were doing all we can for Kylie. I made Kylie an appointment and again, another thorough exam. It is amazing to me that they can check everything that they do. One test they did showed that her brain doesn't work properly with her eyes and it isn't showing her everything. We also found out that Kylie has absolutely no depth perception. (I think we figured this out already). They did determine that her eyes changed quite a lot since January and we had to get yet another new pair of glasses. We go back this month and depending on how things are going with the new glasses, she will probably get an eye patch that she will have to wear for a couple of months.

This is Kylie in her new glasses. They are "barbie" glasses. Fun sparkles on the side of them.


Finally, especially since school has started, we have noticed that McKenna has been really struggling with reading - which she hasn't been up until now. So I took her to the regular optometrist (another guy that I REALLY LIKE), and found out she needed glasses. However, she is opposite of Kylie and mainly only needs them for school and for reading.

McKenna has not been excited about this at all. She has made a few comments how now, everyone won't be able to tell her and Kylie apart. It has been a huge struggle to get her to wear them and keep them on. The first day she had them, they broke. We got them fixed, and they are now broke again. I guess it will definitely take some getting used to.

Here is a picture of McKenna and her new glasses. Not the greatest picture, but she really does look cute in them. I hope we can change her mind.