We had our first of nine doctor appointments for the week. Nathan saw Dr Metz, his eye doctor. Nathan's eyes are getting a little lazy and turning in from time to time. He said this is common for premature babies. He looked in his eyes with several tools and said his eyes look great and he does not need glasses. However, the muscles in his eyes need to be strengthened. Since his left eye turns in more than his right eye, he is now wearing a patch over his right eye 4 hours a day. We need his muscles to straighten out. If the muscles do not straighten out on their own, Nathan will need eye surgery to straighten these muscles. We go back to the doctor in one month. At this time he will be able to tell if the patch is strengthening his muscles or if we will need surgery. Of course, it could show slight improvement which would mean we just take it one month at a time.
We got a phone call today and Nathan's speech assessment at the HEAR Center has moved from early October to tomorrow morning.
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