Here's the quick version of what we found out today. GREAT doctor---pediatric/genetic retina specialist and prof. He identified it right away and spent much time explaining the diagnosis to us. They will be doing some genetic testing and some more testing on Wed under anesthesia. I'll update more later...Jack is already sick of the hotel room and he is whining VERY loudly about getting out of here...going to find something to do. See below for the diagnosis:
"Juvenile X-linked Retinoschisis" is a genetic disease of the retina and affects primarily boys and young men. It is estimated that retinoschisis affects one in 5,000 to 25,000 individuals, primarily young males. Affected males are usually identified in grade school, but occasionally are identified as young infants.
Retinoschisis is a disease of the nerve tissue in the eye. It affects the retinal cells in the macula (the central fixation point of vision at the back of the eye). Retinoschisis is technically a form of macular degeneration. However there are different types of macular degeneration and many people diagnosed with macular degeneration do not have retinoschisis.
Retinoschisis is a genetic eye disease that affects the vision of men who inherit the disease from their mothers. This condition frequently starts during childhood and is officially called Juvenile X-linked Retinoschisis. Affected men inherit this trait from their mothers who carry the condition but retain normal vision.
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