fully cooked

Thursdays visit to the eye doctor went well. Maisie had to do lots of tests. Maisie had follow different shapes and toys with her eyes - up, down, left, right, her eyes got a real work out.

Maisie's development with respect to her eyes is normal for a wee one her age and she is responding to all the stimuli  that you would expect her to. Maisie's eyesight is a little short sighted but certainly nothing to worry about, with Maisie mixed ethnicity this is to be expect. (Mummy is very short sighted)

The eye doctor finished the visit by looking at Maisie's eyes with the optos machine, and claimed that Maisie's eyes are "fully cooked!" The blood vessels have grown around to the edge of the retina just as they if there had been nothing wrong with them at all. There is no loss of her peripheral vision which there would have been if she'd been well enough to have the lazer surgery - Amazing!

What is amazing is to think about 6 months ago when Maisie was to ill to survive the operation to help save her sight and it was decided to experiment on her and try new treatment. It was a risk to take and one that has worked very well for Maisie. Let's hope that going forward this procedure will help many more preterm babies.

Thank you to everyone involved with Maisie's eyes - they're beautiful!