Lazy Eye *Updated*

[benjis mum]

My eldest had glasses when he was about 2, I thought it would be a nightmare but he adapted really quickly. You will become best friends with your local optican as we were back most weekends having some minor repair done from him bending the arms of the glasses, the lens falling out when he'd fallen over! The glasses improved bens turn amazingly well and now he doesn't have one at all. He still wears glasses as turns out he was very long sighted too.

 

[Rachaellius]

Thanks hun

Forgot to let you all know she has an appointment through for the 14th march, so will let you all know how she gets on xx

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[Linny1989]

My daughter has another eye test on Wednesday. Has also list her glasses so need new ones lol x

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[babyem]

When I was younger I had a lazy eye. I wore the eye patches everyday abd had glasses from a young age. I didnt need the patches too long and didnt need glasses when was past infant age and in the juniors. Xx

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[Rachaellius]

So we're not long back from her appointment. Basically it was just a little assesment today. She did some simple tests like waving toys around and showing her pictures of a duck, at the top of the page and at the bottom and left and right to see which way she looked and if she concentrated on the picture, she also put some glasses on her with one side blocked. She said she definitely has a turn in on the right eye, which she said is quite severe and it turns up aswell as inwards. She also think the vision in that eye is impaired too
So we shall get another appointment through for in a few weeks time, which will be the Doctor aswell as the Orthoptist, and they will put drops in her eyes to dilate them and decide whether she needs a patch/glasses etc.

She said we'll be going there quite often, but also that we've taken her at the right time, because she is young enough for it to possibly be corrected, whereas she said if we'd have taken her a few years down the line, she would probably always have it x

 

[Linny1989]

My daughter had opticians yesterday. We have been reffered again to hospital. Let me no if u wanna chat x
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[Ellisbump]

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[Olive]

How did you get on with the doc rach? Xx


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[Rachaellius]

How did you get on with the doc rach? Xx


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We've not been to her second appointment yet hun, they sent us an appointment for 23rd April but then sent us another letter cancelling that and rearranging for the 7th May
Not looking forward to that appointment, they want to put some drops in her eyes to dilate them :/
Thankyou for asking though lovely, I'll be sure to update next week with how it went xx

 

[Olive]

Hope it goes ok, will be thinking of you xxx


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[Rachaellius]

Right so we had our appointment today. It was to be frank...just awful! We saw a nice lady when we went in who showed her a load of pictures of again, put some funky shades on her with a black out on each eye. I and they definitely believe now that her vision is impaired in her right eye. She got so upset when we covered her good eye and was absolutely fine when covering her bad eye. That was fine, then we were told to wait in another waiting room for the eye drops to be put in. 30 mins we had to had to wait for that in a packed waiting room with no seats, needless to say Phoebe got bored and quite upset rather quickly! Not even Peppa Pig on my phone did the trick.
She wasn't too bad with the eye drops, just squirmed a bit but no tears, hurrah! Then another 30 minute wait (which turned into 40) because it takes 30mins for the drops to dilate the pupils.
And then it just went completely awry tbh, we were then seen by a young doctor who was trying to put lenses in front of her eyes and shine a light in them. But Phoebe wouldn't cooperate, she was still upset from the waiting I think, but she was getting hysterical and he just kept persisting, like he wouldn't even give me chance to try and calm her down and didn't even speak to her! He then went and fetched a senior doctor who again didn't even speak to Phoebe, said nothing reassuring whatsoever and then told me to sit her on my lap, lean her backwards so her head was on his lap and restrain her arms and he was trying to force her eye open!!! She was so distressed she threw up all over him and then he went and tried again and she threw up over him again it was just horrific! At that point I said no more!
They've said they will re book us an appointment asap! And have given us some drops to put in at home beforehand to save waiting time but it says we have to put them in twice a day for 2 days before the apt?
He also said that they'd try one more time and if she doesn't cooperate next time they'll have to do it under general anaesthetic but then went on to say 'but we never normally have to do that!' Smug git!!!
So we left with me in tears, Phoebe in tears, covered in sick and shaking!

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[Rachaellius]

Oops sorry that was long! She's also still a bit disorientated because the drops won't wear off until morning they say :/
Lots of cuddles tonight methinks x

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[positivity :)]

Aww so sorry to read that, how distressing for you both, the drs should have realised you would want to calm her down. Poor pheobs she will have forgotten all about it by morning tho Hun. Really hope it all goes better next time xx

 

[cosmicgirl]

How awful.
It's great that she was good for the drops - that's normally a real sticking point!
It's awful how the dr tried to do the check with the lenses (that is to see if she needs any glasses) that's certainly not how it should be done with children!
What an experience! I hope it's much better next time x

 

[Rachaellius]

How would they normally do it after the drops Cos? They tried all that, got nowhere and said at the end that they didnt think glasses would help and that an eye patch would be better. But we've not been given one.

Thanks both for replying. Was hoping you'd see and be able to help Cos. Do you know why we've been given eye drops to give her for 2 days before? He never explained that, it just says on the packet to be given twice a day for two days?

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[Olive]

Aw Rach that's awful and must have been really upsetting for you all Sounds like the guy needs to learn some people skills. He obviously doesn't have kids xx


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[cosmicgirl]

How would they normally do it after the drops Cos? They tried all that, got nowhere and said at the end that they didnt think glasses would help and that an eye patch would be better. But we've not been given one.

Thanks both for replying. Was hoping you'd see and be able to help Cos. Do you know why we've been given eye drops to give her for 2 days before? He never explained that, it just says on the packet to be given twice a day for two days?

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Are the drops you've been given called cyclopentolate? We normally say to drop two good sized drops into each eye about an hour before the appointment so I'm not sure why they would give those instructions????
To be honest, we never rush in to do a glasses check under GA, but then we sing/talk/laugh with our kids while we test them, we don't silently restrain them!
I personally would want them to try a good few times in a more child friendly manner before they considered doing it under GA.
She was cooperative for all of the other tests wasn't she? So I'm sure they can get this done.
It is important to check to see if she needs glasses before any other treatment is started, like patching for example. There would be little point in patching an eye that is unfocused due to long or short sightedness. They also need to know that the vision in her poorly eye isn't reduced because she needs glasses. So it is important.
Once that's boxed off, that's when they will decide on treatment.
They mentioned a patch to you? That's fairly standard and if she wears it well (I assume they have said her eye is otherwise healthy) then she should get a quite good result hopefully.
The key with patching is do what you need to do to get the child to keep it on. Distraction, bribery, using an egg timer or even "wear your patch until (favourite programme) has finished". That kind of thing x

 

[cosmicgirl]

They won't actually give you the patches until they are happy with the glasses situation (they either get it done or get a good enough glimpse to decide they can leave it for now and try another time) and they will sit and discuss the treatment with you in detail x

 

[Pudds86]

Gosh that sounds horrible hun. You need to make sure you say next time about not silently restraining her. You would have thought they'd be used to checking kids out. Bloody joke to get her that upset.

People say 'kids forget, they won't remember'. Well trust me, Cam remembers his operations and what the doctors do. He was restrained like that for one of his tests and has never forgotten. It terrifies him now. Xx

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[cosmicgirl]

I remember all too well having my eyes tested as a child. I was a patient at the hospital from birth on and off until I was 15.
Children are just small people, they should be treated as such. I wouldn't hold down a frightened adult so I wouldn't hold down a frightened child.
It might take me three visits to get a certain thing done but I will do so with the child's trust and they know that when they come to see me they will leave with a smile (and a sticker!) x