pupils fine after trauma,still dilated after 4 days after atropine,will it heal?

Hi
My 10 year old son got hurt in his eye,took him to doctor the next day,his eye was bloodshot,blurry vision etc but pupils were reacting fine to light when tested and were fine the same evening (35 hours later)when taken to hospital.
They found hyphema which was treated with atropine,2 x drop a day and sufradex 6 x a day.After 10 days now hyphema has settled and he has been off the atropine for the last 4 days but his pupils are still dilated.The hospital opthalmist said they may always stay a little larger due to tiny muscle tears,i forgot to mention to him that they were fine after the trauma when i took him to the GP.I am left wondering is the opthalmist right?Is this still the effects of atropine or will the pupils always be dilated?i really feel upset for him as the light hurts his eye and he sees blurry close up.

[Houman Vosoghi, MD]

Give it two weeks.  If it is not fully resolved by then you can assume there was damage to the iris sphincter.  Usually goes back to normal within 5-10 days of stopping Atropine so give it a few more days.

HV