Release from prism

Liylah was left alone today for the first time, and she did not disturb anything in the house. She loves her new doggie bed, and behaved like a real lady at the vet. She sleeps on Yaron's bed at night, and by Gilly's side during the day. She has already made a new friend on the street (Buddy).

Dr. Wise lives up to his name! What an intelligent, witty and humane individual. He has a really cool office, and a friendly demeanor. Gilly felt very much at home (except for the opera in the background; he's more of Eagles fan, let's say).

Upon examination, he established that Gilly would need 2 prisms for his left eye. Actually, I'm not sure if it is #2 prism, or 2 prisms, but whatever it is, Gilly claimed he could see properly. The opticien will now stick the prisms onto Gilly's left lens as a temporary solution. Presto!! Problem solved.

Once treatment is over, adjustments can be made and the lens will be placed into his glass frames permanently. We zipped over to fill the prescription as soon as we left the doctor's office.

Gilly has all the symptoms of a tumour in his brain stem. Dr. Wise demonstrated Gilly's 'convergent nystagmus' (sorry, about the potentially inaccurate spelling; too long a day). When he looks up, his eyes go cross-eyed (layman's explanation). No wonder he was so dizzy everytime he looked upwards.

He also has what is called a 'right skewed deviation.' One eye is higher than the other. This is typical of someone with a tumour in the mid-brain. He said it is quite obvious that there is something going on in the 'pons' and 'madala' (didn't get the spelling on this new term either; I accept all clarification points made, so if you know it, show it!).

Dr. Wise will see Gilly once a month to monitor his progress. We could not be happier with the results of today's visit.

I asked Dr. Wise why the other three eye doctors failed to detect Gilly's tumour. He explained that he is a neuro-opthamologist, and therefore is trained to identify conditions of this nature. Lucky Susie!