This is my blog, about our life - our family and my daughter B who has a rare degenerative neurological disorder. Is this blog mean't to be humourous, a venting mechanism or just a diary of events? We will see.
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Eye Report
Attached is the report from the Professor. Alot of it wont make sense to you all but have a read and have a look at the picture at the bottom if you can (also below). The top reading is where the object was that beth was looking at, the next two are her left and right eye. If she no eye movement issues, the reading would look like the top one. As you can see, they are very ziggy zaggy which shows how her eyes are really ping ponging.
B was 2 when we knew something was wrong. She started to stumble and fall. After being told she would grow out of it and a misdiagnosis, at the age of six we found out something was possibly degenerating - the cerebellum - in her brain. A year later, it had further. At age 8, we got her diagnosis. Other parts of her nervous system are involved too. The cerebellum is responsible for balance and co-ordination. So until B became a full-time wheelchair user at the age of 10, she was my little wobbly pumpkin. Her condition is extremely rare (3 in 1 million) and is called Ataxia Oculomotor Apraxia 1.
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