VEP Test

Last Thursday Rylie's ophthalmologist sent us over to the University of Utah's Moran Eye Center for a repeat VEP Test. Rylie has had this test done once before and with the drifting her left eye has been doing lately the doctors felt it would be a good idea to repeat this test and see how things have changed. So we headed off to meet with Dr. Creel and have the test ran again. 

Well, the changes weren't good ones. Poor Rylie's eye function has changed pretty dramatically in the last few weeks. Dr. Creel said he has never seen such a drastic change in such a short period of time. We were not totally surprised there was a change but to see how drastic the change was almost takes your breathe away. It's scary to know just a little over 8 weeks ago the doctor told us there was a {TUMOR} to watch... And now in just a few weeks it has become very apparent this is a problem we can no longer avoid and we must fix soon! 

This first photo is of Rylie's first VEP test in February. The top line is her right eye (which is how a healthy optic nerve functions) and the bottom is her left eye. In February there was a slight difference, a difference that told them there was a problem but nothing to worry about yet.

This second photo is of Rylie's VEP test last Thursday. Again the top line is her healthy right eye and the bottom set of lines (the test was ran twice to confirm the change was in fact that drastic) is her left eye. As you can see there is a major difference over the last few weeks.



We head into another MRI tomorrow afternoon and then meet with oncology Wednesday to discuss what to do next...

For more information on VEP test(s) and the research Dr. Creel does click below for more information...

What is a VEP Test {click Here}

Visually Evoked Potentials By Dr. Donnell Creel {click Here}