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[muninsong]

Well, just got back from taking Piper to the neuro slash ophthalmologist to see what's up with her bum eye. For close to two months now, her right eye has been much blurrier than usual, and her vision has been tilted close to 45 degrees. We've been to several docs about this, from our primary care doc (who is wonderful, btw) all the way to the local optometrist. We ended up getting referred a month ago to the neuro. All in all, the appointment was a huge plus.

Up until now, all we ever heard was "her eyes are pretty close to perfect, if you don't count the astigmatism". Okay, while that's all well and good, we were wanting to know what's wrong so it can be treated. Well, today, we found out.

She has a cyst on her sinus cavity nearest her right eye. That, in turn, has been putting enough pressure on that eye to tilt it in its orbit. Now, it's been slowly getting better thanks to the cyst starting to recede (the tilt today was closer to 20 degrees instead of 45) so, after a long talk with the doc, we've decided to let things settle until early July to let the cyst try and resolve itself. If it doesn't, she'll more than likely need surgery to remove the cyst and possibly reset the eye.

It sounds pretty daunting, but honestly? We're relieved that we have answer finally, and it's something that can be fixed. I know Piper's relieved.

All in all, a good day.

Comments

[ajremix.livejournal.com]

Definitely good news. Glad to hear that it's nothing too major and it's likely to heal on its own.

[mei-yanohi.livejournal.com]

That is a relief! Glad to hear it's doing better and that you two could get a diagnosis finally. I know how that is!