I have a problem with my pupils. No, not students - I don't have any of those - but the pupils in my eyes. I noticed a long time ago that they don't always dialate together. Or properly. Sure, it's one thing when the optometrist dialates your pupils so they can peer deep into your soul - er, eyes - and make sure all is well, but it's another when you merely walk inside and they get all wonky. The medical term for this problem is Anisocoria (defined on
emedicine.com and Eyeweb.com), and it can either be nothing, or apparently the harbinger of something rather serious. I choose to believe the first one.

A long time ago, I went to see some specialist about this - it was quite a long time ago, so I don't know exactly when it happened - but there you go. Anyhow, I seem to recall that I had to stare into a large bowl of some sort - mounted on a wall, basically - and then indicate when little lights inside it went on or off. It seemed more like a test of my peripheral vision, but what do I know. The upshot of it was that nothing was apparently wrong with me.

It's become more of an issue recently since I've noticed it in at least two of the kids - and it happens a lot more with :abby: than it did with :noah:. I don't recall seeing it in Emma, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

Anywho, that's the reason I mention it. So, the other day I decided to do a little research. I started out with a Google search for "uneven pupil dialation", and that brought me to the name of the disorder. It also brought me to MediaTinker, who has the same problem - as did Albrecht Durer apparently.

So then I went on over to WebMD and made a post. The next day I found Dr. Lloyd's response. Not a lot of help, what with it mostly being a disclaimer, but I also understand - it's hard to diagnose something over the internet. But it's just so interesting that you can find out so much stuff - some of it bad, sadly - just by typing in a few words in a search engine.