Daughter's eyes dilated for a week now

[Chrisjudd28]

My daughter had her eyes dilated 1 week ago for an eye exam. They used 1% atropine drops. 24 hours after the dilation I was told this was normal. The office told me again after 48 hours that it was normal. They then told me to call back in a week if eyes were still dilated. Well, it has been a week. The eye is reacting to a pin light. However it is still noticebally more dilated. She has light blue eyes and I was told they are more sensitive. I am nervous. I was not told about this side effect. Could there be permanent damage or will her eyes just slowly come back to normal? Thank you for any answers.

[Chrisjudd28]

Well just wanted to post an update. It took about 2 weeks for the eyes to go back to normal dilation. I sure wish the Dr. would have better informed me about this possible side effect so I would not have worried so much.

[sweetpea03]

Have you called back? They need to know if her eyes are still dilated or not. Blue eyes are more sensitive, though I don't think there would be permanent damage from this. She just had a bad reaction to the drops and they can give her something else to deal with this complication. good luck