Well, Monday turned out to be the strangest day ever! I called the retinal specialists office on Monday and they couldn't see me until 3:00 pm. Until then, they told me I couldn't eat because I might be having surgery. I was super pissed that they couldn't see me earlier, so I was crabby all day.
When we went it, they dilated my eyes again and we waited for the doctor. He came in, took a good look at my eyes, and plainly said "You're fine. You don't have a detached retina." Of course, I was in shock, since I had been told I was for sure having eye surgery on Monday. The retinal specialist told me that what my eye doctor had seen was something I've probably had since I was a baby. It's called old peripheral retinal neovascularization and it happens when scar tissue forms from blood vessels breaking through the eye and then retracting. Since I wasn't a preemie, he said it probably happened spontaneously.
Though I am quite appreciative of my eye doctor's thoroughness, I think next time she should take a breath before jumping to such drastic conclusions. Nevertheless, I'm just thankful that everything is fine!
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