Day 670 - Eye Appointment 👁️, Brunch 🍳, & Shopping 🛍️

Monday, October 31st, 2022

James had an eye appointment in the morning. He's lost appointment with the pediatric ophthalmologist was in January. We were scheduled to see her in May but had to reschedule and then with COVID and several trach infections we ended up just canceling to reschedule it a later date. To be honest we haven't been eye patching ss much as we should. Having James where the helmet this summer was really hard to also do eye patching. 👀

When we arrived the lobby was packed. We waited 30 minutes for us to be called back. Then we were seen by her assistant. She says, "Oh that's such a cool sound machine, what is that white noise?". We replied, "No that is his ventilator". 🙄 Does anyone look at a chart before they talk to a patient? The assistant went over all of the regular things like height, weight, and changes to medication. Then she dilated James' eyes and how does go back out to the lobby to wait for another 30 minutes. But at this time the lobby was full and we need to wait outside. I'm sure this was not comfortable for James as his eyes were very sensitive but he would not tolerate a blanket over his eyes to protect them. When we were brought back to see the doctor The first question she asked us was, "He's in glasses, right?". We replied, "No, he is only eye patching". Again, does anyone look at a chart before they talk to a patient? She spent time examining his eyes and told us that she thought his eyes looked better. Then she stated that she didn't think that he would need surgery. Yeah, we didn't think that was on the table. She told us to continue eye patching because one eye is perfect but the other eye has a slight astigmatism that we might be able to fix. Our follow-up is in 6 months. 

Afterwards we went out to brunch, took James to the Dollar tree to get another pool noodle, and Marshalls. He did really well and didn't cry at all with the new environments, even when we went down the toy aisle. James found a book with wheels 🚜 and that was the best of both worlds. We also scored James two cute Tommy Bahama outfits severely discounted at Marshalls. 👕🩳

P.S. You can email James your love and support as often as you’d like. Mom and Dad read these email to James as they come in. We all love them! JamesWestonAbramowitz@gmail.com