Stereoscopic

The Tiny Girl What Can She Really See Update:  My daughter’s vision fluctuates.   Or at least we think it does.   We say to each other, “it was a good day” or “it’s a bad day” when we talk about her vision.    Sometimes we can see distinct changes during a day as well.  

Some of the things she can see far away, like big shapes and colors, is surprising.   Other times, it’s depressing.  It seems like she can see things close up well, like when she’s watching something on the iPad.   But other times, like when she’s trying to recognize a three-dimensional object she’s never seen before, she seems to have no idea unless you give her some direction.

Today, amongst all the questionable vision she’s having, she did do one thing that gave us some information.    She had her four-year-old wellness check at her pediatrician’s office.   One of the vision tests they do is to look at a stereoscopic sheet and see if they can pick out shapes within the whole.  

She was uncertain at first, but then she realized what the nurse was asking and was able to find all four images.   This is a good indication she is seeing something from both eyes, even if her main point of “focus” is off to the left in a plane in her left eye.  

The Big Boy Update:   My son needed to go to the bathroom yesterday.   He told me as he was heading in that direction, “I have potpourri.  It was a giant potpourri.”    His use of this word, while funny in and of itself, is likely related to the Poopourri we have in the bathroom and use regularly (thanks to Uncle Eric and Aunt Kelly’s gift last Christmas.)