Tracking and reaching

This past Tuesday I took Aiden to a pediatric opthamologist to have his eyes examined. Here is a quick run down of why we went and what he said during our visit.

Why we went to the opthamologist:

• He had not been tracking objects yet (he is almost 5 months old)
• He does not prefer to look at faces
• When he makes eye contact, it seems as though he is looking through us rather than at us
• His eyes are always looking up and back
• He was not reaching for toys or objects

This is what we now know after visiting the opthamologist:

• There is definitely something going on with his vision
• His eye problem is not related to his torticollis
• His optic nerves are perfect - he is able to receive images
• He can track a flash light
• Has astigmatism in his right eye for sure (don't remember about the left eye) but the specialist does not think this is the issue
• His pupils dilate appropriately

With all of these positives, the doctor was unsure of what was going on with Aiden's eyes. Our next step is that we have to take him for a MRI down at Texas Children's Hospital. The MRI will look for things that need to be addressed by a neurosurgeon as well as look at the myelin sheaths to see if they are under developed at this point. If the answer is the myelin sheaths, there is nothing we can do but wait for them to develop on their own.

However, in the last few days, his vision is really seeming to improve by leaps and bounds! Even his physical therapist said he was finding the mid line and tracking 100x better than last week! This really makes me hopeful that his problem is related to the myelin sheaths. The therapist also thinks that this is the answer. Please pray that Aiden's vision continues to improve and that it is nothing very serious.