Eye Doctor

Makayla went to see an eye doctor for the 1st time.  She's had these weird grayish spots on her eye pretty much since she's been born.  We keep asking her pediatrician every time we see him and he assures us it's nothing and pretty common.  But then this time around he told us to go see a specialist just so we have peace of mind and stop asking.  So we did. We got a referral to see Dr. Ching a pediatrics optometrist and boy is he a hard man to get an appointment with.  We had to wait a month before he had an opening.  It was a really fun experience and Makayla did great!  He had all kinds of tricks and gadgets in his office to get the kids to look a certain way so he can check their eyes.  Makayla even let him put drops in her eyes so they dilate for thorough examination.  After that we had to wait 20 minutes or so for the drops to absorb......

When we went back in, eyes were dilated and now he's checking her out in the dark.  He even put a little projector movie on for her.  He assured us that it's nothing to worry about and is common in non-Caucasian children.  Just what her pediatrician has been saying. What she has is episcleral pigruenlalide around episleral nerves.  So technical and long.  She also has a slight stigmatism but it's common and about 85% of children have it and he states that you're just born with it.  We'll probably take her back in a year to keep an eye on things as a routine.