:: vision - priceless ::

yesterday evening, i brought the boys to see the opthalmologist, prof dr muhaya mohamed at the prince court medical centre (PCMC). FIL has had an opration before with her to remove his cataract, and she has one good track record in her field.

it has always been a concern with my mom especially about my boys' eyes. bila amik gambar, mata kanan diorang tend to move inside, macam squint eyes, or dalam bahasa melayu - juling. it's not obvious, tapi kalau perhati betul² baru ada. kejap² ada, kejap² takde. for info, my family (my mom's side) mmg boleh kata semua stok rabun. agaknya kalau semua buat lasik mau boleh dapat nissan murrano sebijik. hehe.

so, why am i so concern? squint eyes nih can be a symptom of lazy eye. maknanya, only one eyes is doing the job. it happened to one of my cousin, and it was only detected when she was around 5 years old. with her condition at that time, she was expected to be born with the problem. to improve her condition, she has to patch one of her eyes for a certain amount of hours a day to train the lazy eye to work. she's now 11, and on glasses.

i don't want my children to suffer that. simply because my hubby and i wore glasses and we know the limitation. bukannya senang hidup bila dah pakai spek. (my rabun is extremely bad, that the optalmologist terpaksa check my retina takut rosak. we're not talking about power spek dalam 400-500. mine is more than that for both eyes) that's why i hantar check mata. being preemie babies (prematured babies) who stayed in an incubator for about 5 days or so, and high concentrated oxygen, lotsa damages could happened to their eyes. (i may be an engineer, but i do at times read medical stuff. it's very² beneficial)

yesterday, masa check, dr kata the babies' eyes structure are healthy. alhamdulillah. but from their observation, my sons (both) have very high potential to be short sighted, or in other word rabun and kena pakai glasses bila besar nanti. but then, since they're still young, i could help them to overcome the problem. dr asked me to encourage them to see far things, (maknanya bawak le gi jejalan kat parks, zoo, etc) and avoid to see things dekat² (like watching tvs, pc, laptop). lucky me, my boys enjoy going out, and does not watch tv at home, except in the car. but the only thing that trouble us is, afiq and adib suka gentel teddy bear or anything soft before sleeping and they hold it very near to their eyes. so we have to try and put them to sleep without the furry bears.

nasib la my mommy is pushing me really hard about my boys' eyes. sometimes, when things seem to small aka remeh, that small thing is actually a symptom that could change their life. thanx mak for making me realize the importance of doing everything early.

but anyway, alang² dah cakap pasal babies nih, i'd like to share some infos that may help babies' brain development that i've got from my boys paed. he advised me to limit the time to watch tv to an hour a day, and promote taking scott's emulsion (or any minyak ikan) to boost the baby' brain develpoment.

tu jek la sket ilmu nak share. so those with young children and babies, it's never too early to start looking after their eyes. in fact, masa i jumpa dr muhaya smalam dia kata, dalam sebulan mmg sikit sgt patient yang datang tuh budak². dalam sebulan ada la seorang. so that shows kita punya awareness on the importance of taking good care of eyes among children is still low. the fees that u need to pay to the dr and time spent at the hospital may seem high and forever, but the vision of our children is priceless.

so why not start now?