Augie saw the pediatric ophthalmologist from UK today in Richmond. We waited for over two hours: enough time to feed three times, take two catnaps, change three diapers, and if you're my husband, contract pink eye. Argh. When we finally saw the doctor, she examined Augie and found him to have normal visual cues and a healthy looking optic nerve. This is all good news. The less good news is that intermittent nystagmus is extremely rare. It just doesn't usually present that way in infants and so she was basically puzzled by his condition. After speaking with the doctor, we decided to give it another six weeks to see what happens. If it's still happening in August (the month and the baby), we'll go ahead with the MRI, but we're all hoping that it might instead spontaneously disappear.
By the end of today, each of us saw a doctor in Kentucky. Three appointments in three cities. We're all exhausted and Josh has a contagious, oozing eye. Let's just hope the rest of us don't wake up with it. Someone is sleeping in the guest room tonight.
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I'm sure it's frustrating not to have a definitive diagnosis, but I'm so glad the news you got was positive.
At least August lies down on a surface to nap. A. sleeps beautifully at night, but still naps on his babysitter's or dad's shoulder or at my breast (we call it a "dine and doze"). I have no advice. We are sending him to a wonderful Montessori daycare in August, and they seem to think they can get him napping solo.
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