Camryn had a visit with her dermatologist today to try to figure out what the spots all over her are. He diagnosed her with urticaria pigmentosa. Which is basically a bunch of masses of histamines in her skin. it can get irritated and itch, but it isn't cancerous, life threatening, or dangerous. And, it should be gone by the time she is five. I was really worried about it. I wasn't sure what it was and after Carter's eye appointment (I'll explain that in a minute) I was worried about what it could be. So, huge relief there!
Now, on to Carter. He went to the eye doctor on Friday. He was diagnosed with Duane's Syndrome. That is where the outside nerve of his left eye is missing. He can not turn his left eye towards his ear. We thought he just had lazy eye. I don't think I was quite prepared to hear that he wasn't fixable. However, it isn't life threatening, or anything that is going to have a major effect on his life. He has to turn his head a bit more to the left to see things on that side, but other than that, it isn't too big of a deal. It was kind of a shock to my system to hear that there really isn't anyway to fix it, as I was expecting them to just tell us he needed to wear a patch for a couple hours a day and he'd be as good as new in a few months. I'm also pretty sure Camryn has the same thing. She has an appointment scheduled in july for an evaluation as well. The doctor said it isn't hereditary, but Google says it can be. So I guess we will find out then if I don't know how to make a baby with a 6th cranial nerve ;)
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