A Really Long Day



Waiting room at the SickKids Eye Clinic

 Today we went downtown for Nicole's appointment with the Retinal Specialist at SickKids Hospital...again.  Our appointment was for 1:30pm and of course, as life is with little ones, we left late so we rushed rushed rushed.  Mike dropped me off at the door and went to park while I went to wait in line to register.  We've been there enough to realize the registration line is ridiculously long after lunch.  I finally sat down to wait at 1:20pm.  We've been warned many times to expect long waits there.  At 2:00pm we still hadn't seen Dr. Kertes at the clinic.  We got called in to put drops in Nicole's eyes.  Routine is that someone calls you in to place dilating drops and then you are sent back to the waiting room for them to take effect, approximately a half hour.  And there we waited, and waited, and waited....and waited...for 3 long hours.  Good thing we rushed to get there in time.  Finally at 4:30pm we got in to see the doctor for Nicole's examination.  Thankfully she complied and was spared the dreaded speculum.


Nicole being examined by Dr. Wan

 Woohoo...it was all GREAT news!!!  Her retina is attached and there are no folds!! Yeah no trip to the OR!  And no more drops for now!  Now we just wait for an appointment to have her fitted for a contact lens which should happen some time early in the New Year.  We are very excited to get going on getting her vision back.  It was a very long day but thankfully all positive....a great gift for us for Christmas!


Hanging with the Nutcracker Soldier at SickKids



SickKids Atrium...it was daytime when we got here =)