Colton Update

Colton had his appointment with the pediatric opthalmologist yesterday and he checked out just fine.  They dilated his eyes which wasn't bad but not really fun either but they were able to get a good baseline for him.  He's not nearsided or farsided at all and no lazy or deviant eyes.  They said he probably have what's called pseudoesotropia which is when the eyes appear to be crossed but are actually straight. It affects 20% of infants and is due to their facial structures.  Colton's wide nose bridge and small folds of eyelid skin on the nasal side of his eye contribute to this appearance by covering the "white" of his eyes. It's more apparent when he looks to the right or the left because nearly all of the "white" is covered and the eyes appear crossed.  As he gets older and his facial structure matures, the illusion of crossing his eyes will improve and probably disappear completely.

When Colton woke up yesterday it looked like he had pink eye (good timing huh?) but after we talked to Dr. Roberts he explained that his tear duct was probably blocked due to his drainange and congestion.  We told him that he had a blocked tear duct when he was born and he said that it probably still hadn't developed fully yet.  He said we'll notice this "pink eye" when he get really congested and that if it hasn't cleared up by the time he is one, then we can choose to put a tube in his tear duct to open it up.  Yeah ... I think we'll pass!  We go back August 17th for a followup and if everything still looks the same we won't have to see him again!  (Although he was a very good doctor to Colton and the staff was very accomodating to children!)

Another little update for Colton.  He went to the doctor Saturday because of a fever of 101.5 for over a day.  He did have an ear infection in his right ear and didn't break his fever until early Sunday morning.  He was put on Amoxicilin and we began the Albuterol treatments again to help with the congestion.  He's getting much better but still not quite well yet.  It was a rough weekend for us because he just kept crying and wouldn't go to sleep and he had dark circles under his eyes and was grumpy and that's just not like Colton at all!  But our happy little guy is slowly coming back to us as he gets feeling better.  It doesn't help either that his top tooth keeps rising and lowering!

He's getting really good at hopping around on his butt to get places and actually rolled left from his back to his belly and left again from his belly to his back to get to a toy the other day.  He's doing really well on pushups and can get everything lifted off the ground to his knees.  He'll rock for a little while in this position but then falls back down.  We're going to start babyproofing the house this weekend so we'll be ready for him once he does get to crawling!  I'll post some picutres soon!