The Dr. kept asking who was the person in the family that has bad vision. That would be my mom's dad Earl Whitney. My mom has a pair of his glasses that are the token "coke bottle" glasses. Poor Gunnar, thank goodness glasses have come a long way. His eyes do look a little smaller in his new lenses but probably nothing more than a mom could tell. Back again in another 6 months...hopefully his vision stabilizes by then.
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(3) Sun Mar 16 2008 11:42 Batboy:
I took Gunnar to the eye Dr. for his check up a couple weeks ago to see if his vision has worsened with age. Unfortunately, it has gone from a -3.0 and -3.25 to both eyes being a -4.5. So we got new lenses for his same frames and Gunnar got to go a whole day without glasses while they worked on them. I liked being reminded of what he looks like without them once in awhile.
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Posted by John at Sun Mar 16 2008 13:16
He's probably going to complain one day about the lousy genes you gave him, Kristen. Best start saving now for the Lasik. That may help turn the tide. I wish I had a Lasik fund!
Posted by Joe Walch at Mon Mar 24 2008 11:56
That's not too bad. (I must sound like the typical insensitive person)Since both his eyes are -4.5 they qualify for Visian ICL surgery when he turns 21. It is a heck of a lot better than lasik surgery. see: http://www.visianinfo.com/html/visian-results.htmlI saw 5 patients who had this surgery and they went from -9.5 or -12 (the worst I saw) diopter nearsightedness to seeing 20/20 without glasses. ICLs are the only way to go for moderate to severe nearsightedness (Lasik has much to many complications).I'm still waiting for the Toric ICL for astigmatism, but it hasn't been approved by the FDA just yet.
Posted by Joe Walch at Mon Mar 24 2008 12:07
That's not too bad. (I must sound like the typical insensitive person)Since both his eyes are -4.5 they qualify for Visian ICL surgery when he turns 21. It is a heck of a lot better than lasik surgery. see: http://www.visianinfo.com/html/visian-results.htmlI saw 5 patients who had this surgery and they went from -9.5 or -12 (the worst I saw) diopter nearsightedness to seeing 20/20 without glasses. ICLs are the only way to go for moderate to severe nearsightedness (Lasik has much to many complications).I'm still waiting for the Toric ICL for astigmatism, but it hasn't been approved by the FDA just yet.