Summer: what appointments do I have today?
Me: eyes and botox follow up.
Summer: Do I have an X-Ray?
Me: no
Summer: How bout a CAT Scan?
Me: no
Summer: Do I get eye drops?
Me: not this time, maybe in July... we'll see.
Summer: Will Dr. Jones give me any needles?
Me: not this time, but yes, in two weeks you get your needles.
Summer: Are they going to give me that chocolate syrup?
Me: Yes, definitely.
Summer: oh. So I don't get eye drops today, are you sure?
Me: Yes.
We visited HSC Eye clinic and Summer had a great eye check-up. Her vision has increased from 20/60 to 20/30. They are very pleased and we only need to patch her left eye 3-4 times per week for 30 minutes to try to maintain her vision.
Botox follow-up was as expected. Summer will receive injections in her leg and her bicep to try to reduce the contracture in her elbow and the spasticity in her soleus and gastrox.
Summer has been collecting the Toy Story characters and we found 'Lotso' at the Disney Store. She spent her Easter money from Gramma (topped up by me :-)). She was disappointed that the 'Jessy' boots were not in her size, but she's been attached to Lotso for the past 24 hours.
Breaks my heart sometimes that our young innocent children are so exposed to the medical world/procedures. SOOOOOO impressed with Summer's improvements in vision - that is HUGE!!! Is that all a result of patching? Do tell your secret!!!!
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DeleteImprovement is a combination of patching (which we really weren't that militant about lately but have been in the past...) and maturity. As the kids get older they are easier to test (they know the letters of the alphabet and can express what they are seeing.) Either way - we too are pleased!
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