Aye Eye I

As mentioned previously, Peter visited an opthamologist this morning to have his right eye looked at. His mom had been massaging the side of his nose (where the draining tear duct is) several times a day as we had been instructed by his pediatrician a week ago, and he has looked better since. The opthamologist confirmed that the tear duct is blocked, but that was all. She put a little yellow dye in his eye to confirm that tears had nowhere to go and, in fact, it didn’t go anywhere (he did tear up a little in the car afterwards - it looked like Mountain Dew). She also said the eyelash issue was related to the duct blockage, and that in most cases where eyelashes turn in that way for infants the growth of the nose causes the lower lid to change the alignment of the lashes over time. And at his age, she said, the lashes are so soft they don’t really cause harm when they get stuck to the eye. Good!

Peter was his normal charming self - especially since he didn’t get poked, prodded, stripped, or shot. He was a smiling, giggling magnet of attention, chatting with the doctor as she inspected his peeper. I just hope he’s able to maintain that kind of personality once he learns that there are jerks in the world and you never know when one will reveal themself to you.