EYES

At a follow up we had with Isabelle's primary doctor, Dr. Diab, we expressed some concern with Isabelle's eyes and told him that we think she may have a lazy eye. We explained that with both sides of our families having horrible eyesight and other problems; macular degeneration, cross-eyed, lazy eye, far and nearsightedness, and although he told us that cross eyed and lazy eyes are not hereditary, we didn't want to chance anything.

So after about 2 months waiting for her appointment, yesterday we took Isabelle in to see the Pediatric Opthomologist at Kaiser Woodland Hills-the medical center adjacent to the hospital where she was born (we hadn't been back there since her 2 day old "great start" check up). The doctor had Izzy sit on my lap and not 2 minutes after the first look at her, she said she was not worried about her eyes at all. She then showed pictures of other children who look like they were cross eyed or had a lazy eye when in reality, their eyes are normal. The doctor performed a "light test" which consisted of her shining a light at the bridge of Isabelle's nose to make sure that the light that reflected was symmetrical or shined in the same spot on both eyes...which thankfully, it did. The doctor then explained about pseudostrabismus. She said that the width of the bridge of Isabelle's nose, the gap between her eyes, causes an optical illusion and the white part of her eyes sometimes do not show equally when she is looking slightly to the left or right which makes it seem like one is "floating". She said that once Isabelle grows into her face (sort of speak) everything will look normal. While we were there and with our families optical history, the doctor went ahead and dilated Isabelle's eyes to test for farsighted and nearsightedness. That test showed that she is a little farsighted but equally in both eyes. Again, this is normal and is something she will more than likely grow out of.

Be sure to tune in next week for her 18 month stats!