Our worries begin
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 By Sam Briggs.
Fast forward to Nolan at 4 weeks old, I just couldn’t shake this awful feeling that something wasn’t right. There was no true sign that lead me to this conclusion, I guess just mother’s intuition. It was time for our tummy time and face to face interaction when I noticed Nolan wasn’t quite following toys or even myself for that matter. I knew this wasn’t out of the norm as he was still quite young, but I had to follow my gut. I researched and saw to take pictures with a flash to determine a normal red eye reflex, however in every shot Nolan’s right eye was white and cloudy within the pupil. Red flag alarm started ringing, ‘this can’t be happening’ I thought. My husband, being the calm, logically man that he is suggested to breathe and make the necessary appointments, which I did. Both the Midwife and Optometrist confirmed his right eye needed attention, but the left eye seemed to have the red reflex. ‘At least he has the one eye we can work with’ we said amongst ourselves and was hoping it was just a cataract that could be fixed easily.