Dylan's six year well check-up was a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned to the pediatrician he's been periodically complaining of headaches. They usually seem to occur after school into the evening...not every day, but frequently enough that I felt we should delve into it a little bit. She referred us to a pediatric opthamologist. Less than perfect vision runs on both side of our families, and I just wanted to jump on this early before the next school year brings full days of reading and focusing.
So this morning, we got up bright and early and off we went. The opthamologist was very thorough (an hour and half worth!) and did a number of different types of exams. They still do the same exam where you wear the 3-D glasses and make you look at illustrations of a fly and pinch its wings. They dilated his pupils and looked inside his eyes, too. Result - he is slightly far-sighted in his left eye. But just slightly. Doc said most kids at this age are slightly far-sighted in one eye or the other. The slight degree for Dylan doesn't equate to any need for glasses or give us a solid reason for his headaches. They want to re-examine him in a year and its likely this will have corrected itself, so we'll see.
In the meantime, we'll be looking for other reasons for the headaches. Maybe he's a little dehydrated somedays, or maybe he isn't eating enough. Or maybe he has a two year old brother who likes to scream a lot.
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