Long, long day today at Sick Kids. Once again, Brennyn was such a great sport. I cannot believe how well she behaves at the hospital, I don't know what it is about doctors but she charms them all! I'd love to say she behaves that well everywhere else, but well, I can't.
On a side note, we really are starting to think she has ADD or something like that. This girl has an amazing ability to not sit still or concentrate. It's like she just sees too many things to explore and look at.
Anyway, that's another post for another day.
Back to Sick Kids: Today's visit was to the ophthalmology department, and that is one busy place. I've never seen anything like it, so many children with so many different eye issues.
The student eye doctor (at sick kids, you usually see a resident first which I think is great) was very interested in Brennyn's syndrome. She has read up on ADULT syndrome, but never seen a case. I mentioned that the genetics department had never seen a case before either, and she said "that's because the chances of having this particular syndrome are 1 in a million". Umm, I knew it was rare, but I did not realize how rare. She asked my permission to look at Brennyn's hands, teeth etc. I didn't mind, but I'm starting to think that Brennyn is going to mind in the future. I don't know how happy she is going to be that all these doctors/students want to examine her, like she is a living case study.
Anyway, I was hoping this visit would be a one-time thing and we'd be sent back to our regular, amazing optometrist. However, I am also aware how lucky we are to only live an hour away from all these great specialists. Needless to say, Brennyn's vision is great (so far) but she has dry eyes which are likely to get worse as she ages (kids don't notice the affects of dry eyes, unless it gets really bad, but adults do).
To make a long story short, we have a brand new eye doctor.
Next visit to Sick Kids is in 3 weeks and this time we will be seeing the dermatologist. I wish we could have seen him first, Brennyn's skin is so itchy. I hope he has the magic cream to cure her itchies away.
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