It's been a while since I last reported on Jennifer's eyes but she finally got her exam under general anaesthesia on Monday. It was pretty traumatic for her once the trip to theatre arrived and I felt so sorry for her as she was crying and looking at me with pleading in her eyes.
She didn't stop crying till she was asleep but woke up happy so that was a relief. The specialist said her corneas were very thin - 200 nm - and very steep. He suggested we try her on glasses, -12 diopters, to see if he can improve her distance vision a bit. He said he couldn't treat the vision distortions using glasses. His hope is that she might be able to watch TV a bit easier and possibly when she is out and about she might be able to see her surroundings better. He said that if we noticed an improvement in her then he would consider doing an implant in one eye. I'm not too sure about going down this path as she has an uncorrected squint so only uses one eye anyway. I don't want her to lose what close up vision she has in her dominant eye and there would be no point in putting an implant in the eye she doesn't use.
We have resigned ourselves to managing Jennifer as she is and to just try and keep her eyes as comfortable as we can. She has developed quite red eyes in the last couple of months so I am a bit worried she could be developing an allergy to the drops. I can't use drops with preservative, so I wonder if she is going the same way. Any sugggestions / ideas??
Carleen
When it was time to leave the clinic she started crying again as it was filling with children and I think she wanted to stay with them. She's so funny - I wish I knew what was going on in her head!!! We collect the glasses in a week so then we get to see if they make any difference to her. It will be nice if she can recognise me when I pick her up to bring her home. 
