M had another appointment at the Children's Hospital with the surgeon. She was scheduled just to see the orthoptist, but ended up seeing the surgeon as well. I think M has been experiencing some slight irritation with her contact, so the surgeon was asked to check to see if there was anything of concern.
It was a good visit with the surgeon. He pointed out that, at this point, the contact is fitting well, patching is going well, so all we need now is vision development. This is what M is working on, now that the contact is fitting and the patch is staying on.
M then went to see the optometrist. He examined her eyes as well. We had a little discussion about patching, and he explained that this time when M is so young is important in her brain-eye development. M needs as much patching as she can handle so that she has the best opportunity at developing useful vision in the one eye. The most information I've gotten on - how long do we have to full-time patch?? - is the comment that the optometrist has rarely seen a child over the age of 3 doing full-time patching. M is 13 months old... Looks like I'll be ordering some more patches!
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