Maggie's recent visit to her PO (pediatric ophthalmologist) was quite a relief for Mom and Dad. Dr. Enyedi thinks Maggie is progressing well and is happy with her eye alignment, which was not great after the surgery in July but has improved over the last several months. Maggie seems to be seeing very well, but unfortunately they weren't able to do a vision test because she's too old for the baby tests (no longer excited by lines on a card) and too young for a real vision test that uses memorized shapes in place of letters.
Dr. Enyedi doesn't anticipate additional surgeries in the next 6-12 months, which is awesome news for all of us! Maggie missed out on spring and most of summer due to 3 surgeries last year, so we're looking forward to enjoying the outdoors this year as soon as it warms up. Almost March and its still 28 degrees this morning... brrr.
We get another 4 month break in between appointments, which is more good news. When Maggie goes back to her PO in June she'll likely get some new prescriptions for distance-vision contact lenses and glasses to wear on top of the contacts that will have a near-vision bifocal. From then on, she'll wear glasses full time but they'll be normal thickness glasses instead of the coke-bottles she has now. She'll still have a pair of coke-bottles that she can wear when her contacts aren't in.
She'll also have to do a EUA (exam under anesthesia) this fall, which means full sedation so the PO can get a good look at all parts of her eyes and measure pressure for glaucoma, etc. We're not looking forward to that, but the recovery will surely be easier for Maggie when there's no surgery involved.
Overall, Maggie is doing great and we're happy that she hasn't had any problems except a recurring cold over the winter. Can't wait for warmer weather here so we can get out and play. Added a couple non-related pics below of Mags caught in the act of mischief just to illustrate that she has no trouble getting into trouble these days.
