Ethan had a regularly scheduled ophthalmology followup at Children's yesterday. The doctor was very pleased with how his eye looks (it's been about 8 months since the dermoid was removed) and how the cornea has healed up since then.
The basic eye exam was very good in that it revealed that both eyes are currently working at about the same level and there are absolutely no signs that amblyopia has begun. Because Ethan has astigmatism due to the (now removed) dermoid, this will eventually set in at some future point unless preventative action (patching and glasses) is taken. Given there is no sign of it beginning to set in, he felt that glasses and patching could be postponed for another 6-9 months. This works well as given Ethan's personality, he currently would not do well with either.
We are scheduled to go back in February-ish of 2012 for another followup and to start patching and glasses.
- bob
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