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My little lady needs glasses!

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Dingle · 01/04/2006 14:18

Just got back from Amelia's first "proper" eye test. Up 'till now she has been seen at the CDC and they have had their concerns.

Took her along for a more intensive test today and she has some degree of long-sightedness and astigmatism ( I think that's what it is anyway, she was being a little monkey by that stage and I couldn't really ask questions.)

I have booked another test in a few weeks where they will need to put drops into her eyes and examine further. Not looking forward to that- the thought of trying to keep her occupied for half an hour in the waiting room!!

Anyone got any advice please?

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mieowscintillant · 01/04/2006 14:25

I put the drops into Dd2's eyes before we leave for the appointment. Could you do that?
Make sure that she doesn't play outside in the sun afterwards as the pupils will be fully dilated and it can hurt the eyes. If possible get some sunglasses for afterwards.

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Dingle · 01/04/2006 14:29

Not sure mieow. Certainly worth a phone call to ask.

As it's her first time they might want to do it themselves but I will deffo check. Thanks.

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mieowscintillant · 01/04/2006 14:32

Yes they might do, Dd2 has wore glasses since she was 4 months old, she is now nearly 6, so we have had many appointments. She has her full eye check next week, so I have the drops ready so i can do it on wednesday (she is gonna hate me)

mieowscintillant · 01/04/2006 14:33

BTW the drops do sting, and she may cry. Ds refuses to have them now and he is allowed to have the eye check without the drops now (he is 8)

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Dingle · 01/04/2006 14:40

oh goodness, she's not very co-operative at the best of times. I can picture me pinning her down on the floor of the waiting room! LOL!

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tobysmumkent · 01/04/2006 15:11

Hi - we werre told to put the drops in one hour before our appointment when I had this with DS2. (which meant that I could sit on him, on the floor at home, rather than in any waiting room). Great fun.....

Hope it goes well for you.

maggiems · 01/04/2006 19:14

We were also told to put the drops in ourselves an hour before. It was a nightmare (DS2 was 2 1/2 then) and the childminder and me were only half successful as he struggled so much. He had to get one eye done again when we got to the clinic. My experience has always been that my boys are always more compliant with doctors and nurses than they are with me. BTW they only waited about 10 mins after the drops were put in before his eyes were examined as the pupils had dilated by then. Its stings at the time but doesnt last for long. We were told that he could have blurred vision for 24 hours but he was fine when he left the clinic.Hope it goes well

FioFio · 06/04/2006 07:57

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SofiaAmes · 06/04/2006 08:13

ds had this around the same age and eventually at 4.5 was told he that he was "cured" and didn't need the glasses anymore. I kind of miss them, he was sooo cute with them. Have to agree that the worst part was the waiting in the waiting room (london, so it was 2 hours not, 1/2 hour).

heavenis · 06/04/2006 08:24

My ds has had this in the past, I always make sure that I take a drink and something to eat. We are lucky at our hospital as they have a play room. Is there a small toy you could take with you.
How old is your daughter.
My ds also had a degree of long sightedness, he has had ops on both eyes for squints but now he doesn't need to wear glasses.

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Dingle · 06/04/2006 18:34

Fio from what I made of the explaination, astignatism is where part of the eye (the cornea I think) isn't a round even shape. Instead it is more oval and therefore distorts and blurs the image. But I might have got this wrong, Amelia was trying to attack all his different tools while he was talking!

heavenis-Amelia is just over 4 and has Down Syndrome.

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chipmonkey · 08/04/2006 14:08

Yes, Dingle astigmatism is where the cornea ( the front "window" of the eye) is oval rather than round. It causes a blur where a round object could appear oval and at night lights can look "streaky". Fully correctable with glasses though. It's not a squint but is fairly common with longsightedness and squints.

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Peachyclair · 28/04/2006 09:56

Sama nd I both have this Dingle (look, are you copying our med histories? First the dairy now this- honestly gal! )

Sam doesn't like the drops tbh (I haven't had to have them for many a year) but I find bribery helps. Especially if the lolly is there ready to e sucked as the drops go in... amazing what a distraction that can be!

Asda have some flexible framed kids glassses if she's likely to break them (Sam has had his since 18 months and no pair lasts more than a few weeks) but I find getting specsavers (some nice ones in there at the mo) helps as they happily replace them, inlike blinkin Vision Express ime.

Sam's eyes have improved somewhat, from 50% vision to about 75% without glasses. Mine did, but have deteriorated massively the last year or so, therefore driving isn't something I am likely to do for much longer. That isn't the astigmatism apparently (my eyes are shaped like a rugby ball I am told), it's the long sghtedness.

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