Hospital Visit

Jamie had his appointment at the Ophthalmology Clinic this morning. I had originally planned to go on my own with him and then visit Karen and Sophie afterwards, but after they cancelled at the last minute I asked Nanna if she wanted to join us. And I am so glad I did! Nearly 2 hours we were there and of course this meant entertaining Jamie, as well as carrying all the bags, coats and toys necessary was hard work! I was glad I took his reins with me as well!

The clinic did do a very good job and we were seen quickly and efficiently. Jamie just had to be seen 3 times. First by a doctor who asked Jamie to follow a number of pictures around the room, then look at some shapes as they got fainter and fainter, and then look at what can only be described as a magic eye puzzle. Apparently this was the one that confirmed whether or not Jamie had a squint. As he could point to where the 'ball' was it was agreed that he only had a pseudo squint. This has something to do with the bridge of his nose being in his vision. As Jamie grows and gets used to that he should grow out of the squint. I found the following on the Internet; 'An extra fold of skin near the inner eye, a broad, flat nose or eyes that are unusually close together may also produce the effect of false (or pseudo) strabismus. False strabismus should disappear as the child's face grows.'

After this check up Jamie then had some drops put into his eyes which made his pupils dilate. We had to wait 20mins while this worked and so had a little walk about the hospital. The doctor who checked him this time looked into his eyes with a light, as well as used some lenses against his eyes. This doctor commented that Jamie was slightly long sighted but no more than average.

Felt a lot better as we left the clinic, as it seems there is nothing really to worry about. They say they will call Jamie back for a check up in a few months but this is really because of his age and to check his development. We decided against going to the shops on the way home and once we got in (after dropping Nanna off) we got straight into bed!!