I met Jorja at the eye doctor today. This is a different eye doctor. This is the third different eye doctor we have taken her to since November. Jorja has complained for a long time that she can't see. She says words move on the page. I remember her asking me if she had dyslexia years ago. Faces move when she looks at them. She sees colors, like static on a tv everywhere. She has complained about this often, but has really started complaining about it when she went to Utah State. Over Christmas Jorja and I went to get new glasses. When they checked our insurance they saw that Jorja went to a different eye doctor in Logan a few weeks after seeing them. They were asking her about it. Jorja burst into tears and said that she can't see. She is so tired of not being able to see. She doesn't ever remember seeing correctly. The doctor took her back and did another exam. That was nice, but still..... nothing was fixed. Sometime in January Jorja randomly stopped by Ella's house. She was taking with her mom and telling her about how words would move on the page when she read and all the things. Ella's mom said that sounded like what her son dealt with. He found a doctor that did visual therapy and it completely fixed it. Jorja was dumbfounded. Fixed it. Like fixed it, fixed it. Yep. Jorja was so excited. We called the office but were unable to get an appointment until today. When Jorja was filling out the paperwork, she knew she was in the right place. They were asking questions about things she has dealt with her entire life. The funny thing is Jorja put 20 on her score. 20-24 is suspect. 25 or more needs treatment. Jorja added the columns wrong. She would have gotten the same score if she put zeros on everything the way she added. There were 20 questions which is why she got 20. Jorja's real score was 46.
They brought us back to the doctor's office. His name is Jarrod Davies and he was fantastic. Plus he had lots of cool stuff in his office. I only took pictures of a few things. Nice throwback Trappers jersey. He told me he loves it because Trappers were the team he grew up watching.
Detmer
Jimmer
Dr. Davies & Jorja
Jorja absolutely loved this appointment. Dr. Davies knew exactly what she was talking about. He diagnosed Jorja with Convergence Insufficiency. He said it was the easiest diagnosis he has ever done. And yet no one eyes ever found it. Dr. Davies said that was because they didn't know what to look for. Basically Jorja's eyes see out. Most people can go out to 15 when they look to the side. Jorja's eyes go to 19. Most people can go in farther than Jorja's eyes can. I can't remember the numbers on those. They had Jorja take more tests and then we met with Dr. Davies again. Throughout this entire process we were asked several times if Jorja had ever had a concussion. She hasn't. I'm guessing her symptoms mimic a concussion. Kind of scary, but glad Jorja has never had one of those.
Don't know what is happening, but they are gathering data on Jorja's eyes
When we were back with Dr. Davies he gave her glasses that had one blue lens and one red lens. Jorja was supposed to tell him which of the four dots was closer. She said she couldn't tell, but one dot would change from blue to red to blue to red. He said that is because her eyes fight and do not work together when she tries to see far away. Seeing closer is worse. He had her hold something and asked her what number the red line was on. She said uhhhhhhhh. It was going from two to six to two to six. Anyways, long story short... Jorja needs eye therapy. The hardest part is going to find time for her to fix her eyes before her mission. With living in Logan, than going to Italy, then Costa Rica, then fsy, then on her mission..... But it should fix her eyes permanently. Just like that. Jorja was positively beaming after the appointment. She has hope. I sat in the office watching her being tested and tried not to cry. I had no idea how bad it was. I can not believe how well she has succeeded while dealing with this. Graduating high school with a 3.9 while not being able to see? How I wish we would have found this doctor when she was in elementary school. Or middle school. She lived like this for 19 1/2 years. I'm so sorry baby girl.
Jorja drove back to Logan after the appointment. I stopped at Kneaders on the way home and picked up some food. I got Maysen a cinnamon roll that was as big as her face. Haha
Maysen
Preston & Bear
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