September 27, 2010

Lately if Benjamin isn't sleeping he's crying. He had a rough couple of days last week. He had his flu shot and a few immunizations on Thursday and he was an absolute mess that night and the entire next day. I swear if he was hooked up to a monitor he would have been spelling all night. He's been a little better over the past few days, but definitely not the smiley baby we were getting used to.

We're extremely worried because he doesn't seem to be focusing as well anymore. I'm wondering if he can't see and this could be one of the reasons why he's more irritable lately. He used to love his mobile (he would actually track the animals as they spun around) and now we turn it on and he acts like he can't even see it. I'm afraid he has a condition called CVI or cerebral visual impairment. After researching, it appears to be commonly present in infants like Benjamin who suffer from PVL (periventricular leukomalacia). Basically his brain cannot send signals to his visual pathways. We have an appointment with opthamology on Thursday so hopefully they can give us some answers. We also have an appointment with neurology in a couple of weeks and my fear is if Benjamin is still irritable, they're going to want to increase the drugs.

I felt the need to update, but I really can't write anymore right now. We're emotionally drained.