Friday, July 9, 2010

Eye exam

Well our Finnian has his 4th, yes his 4th anesthesia for this year done today. He finally had an eye exam under anesthesia. He had to have it done this way as they could not get a good look at his optic nerves or a good look in his eyes due to eye rolling and non compliance. He also got and ERG done and the results of it was great. Dr. G was very pleased that the cones in his right eye were giving the proper readings. There was some issues with them on the last ERG. So it means that the Sabril is not causing any harm to his eyes. The only thing that Dr.k had to say was that his optic nerves were very pale. So the over all report is his eyes function normally but due to the paleness of the optic nerves the vision is not getting transmitted to the occipital region of his brain so he is blind. They cannot say for sure if he is totally blind as some messages could make their way to the occicptal region of his brain

1 comment:

Debbie said...

this seems to be a combo of good/not-so-good news?
Did you know he was blind?
Can it reverse itself if seizures were controlled?
At least meds aren't adding to eye problems!

Hope your summer is going good and you are survivng the heat...for me it feels so, so, good...

except my skin is not used to all the sunshine and chlorinated pool water and I have a rash on my arms and legs!!!!