All things considered Keira did great at the ophthalmologist today. We've had to start going for check-ins with Dr. Alcorn every six months since cataracts can be a side effect of long term steroids.
Thankfully, Keira's eyes looked clear today.
It was a bit of a reminder though how little she really is. I think we take for granted how well she handles all these appointments. We've been to see Dr. Alcorn a handful of times and it's always gone smoothly. We talked a bit about the procedure for the visit but I never knew that the dilating drops hurt. She's never complained before, however, today the drops really bothered her.
Keira was super cooperative (like I said we talked about how she was going to get these drops). She put her head back, opened her eyes wide and was waiting patiently. Sadly, today she said it "burned" her eyes. :( She was more than a little unhappy and as much as she tried to take deep breathes and hold my hand tight we ended up having to hold her down so they could get the drops in.... 3 different drops in each eye. Poor girl.. and then the nurse kept telling her not to rub her eyes or cry because then we'd have to do it again!
She earned her stickers for sure. And she's pretty darn cute in those sunglasses. Keira remembered that her eyes hurt after the drops last time so she wanted to bring her own sunglasses. :)