After a few long-winded, late-night conversations, we made the individual choice that we felt we needed to give Arthur every chance we could to establish his vision. We were going to fight for his sight.
Category Archives: surgery
Megan’s story
I loved this idea that was shared by Lisa – it combines some of my favorite things: books, libraries, and kids telling their own story.
Ask Little Four Eyes: surgery for
This community is amazing and has a wealth of experience between all of us. So “Ask Little Four Eyes” is your chance to ask the full community. If you have a children’s glasses or vision-related question, submit it here and I’ll post it to the blog as well as the facebook page and group. I’llContinue reading “Ask Little Four Eyes: surgery for”
Ask Little Four Eyes: question post-strabismus surgery
This community is amazing and has a wealth of experience between all of us. So “Ask Little Four Eyes” is your chance to ask the full community. If you have a children’s glasses or vision-related question, submit it here and I’ll post it to the blog as well as the facebook page and group. I’llContinue reading “Ask Little Four Eyes: question post-strabismus surgery”
Your stories: Her First and Won’t be Her Last
Tara from Happy Soul Project kindly sent in this post reflecting on a year since her little girl had eye surgery. She describes the fears and uncertainty that we all felt when we first learned our child or children had vision issues. This was originally posted on her blog, Happy Soul Project, and is repostedContinue reading “Your stories: Her First and Won’t be Her Last”
Your stories: Super Hero Jayden vs Retinoblastoma
After a few discussions on the Little Four Eyes facebook group about whether to be concerned about a glow in a child’s eye in photos (see “Know the Glow” for more information), Kristen shared a little of her son, Jayden’s story. I asked if she would like to share more of his story, as IContinue reading “Your stories: Super Hero Jayden vs Retinoblastoma”
Your stories: Pick a Doctor
Julie sent in this update to her daughter’s journey. Many thanks again, for sharing! You can read more of Julie’s writing at Balancing Mama. – Ann Z I have learned a lot about personalities this year, especially how different personalities can affect our medical journey through strabismus and surgeries. Physicians, believe it or not, are people. TheyContinue reading “Your stories: Pick a Doctor”
Now What? A Mother’s Thoughts Post Strabismus Surgery
We are a couple months out from our second strabismus surgery with my two year old son, Joel. We have been working through eye issues since he was about six months old. I was getting into a groove with it all. The monthly doctors appointments, the patching, and strategizing how to keep the latest pairContinue reading “Now What? A Mother’s Thoughts Post Strabismus Surgery”
Your Stories: Measure twice, cut once
Julie wrote previously about bifocals for young kids. Here, she shares her story of her daughter’s strabismus and surgeries. Her story is not yet finished, but I’m very grateful to Julie for sharing the story so far. You can read more of Julie’s writings at her blog, BalancingMama.com. – Ann Z Measure twice, cut once.Continue reading “Your Stories: Measure twice, cut once”
Preparing for Your Child’s Surgery
So your little one is having surgery? Take a deep breath. Now let it out. Good! I think this whole process is just as hard (if not harder) on the parent as it is the child. If you’re anything like me, you want to be doing something during this waiting stage. Planning was something IContinue reading “Preparing for Your Child’s Surgery”
Reader Request: Poll about accommodative esotropia
Updated: I’ve added Vision Therapy as a choice, but it’s not showing up yet. It should show up shortly. Sorry for that, I knew there was something I was forgetting when I hit publish. One of our readers, Heather, asked if I’d do a poll about how many children with accommodative esotropia end up patching.Continue reading “Reader Request: Poll about accommodative esotropia”
The eyes are looking good
The chunky funky frames are a slightly higher prescription that we are trying to see if filling her whole script will help reduce the squinting. Her left eye is looking straighter without having the muscles moved and her right eye is still healing! The new muscle position is also helping with her academics. The progressContinue reading “The eyes are looking good”
What, no lifetime warrantee?
It’s been some time since I last posted an update regarding my son Nicholas and his experiences with glasses and patching. N has ectopia lentis, a congenital condition that causes a laxity in the fibers that hold his lenses in place, as a result the lenses can move, or dislocate, from their proper position. ThisContinue reading “What, no lifetime warrantee?”
Free Eye Patch Tutorial
For all you parents who lovingly patch your little ones. Make these, give them away, but just don’t sell them! These are inexpensive, light weight, covering, re-usable, and have a smooth texture. They can be personalized to fit your child’s personality and the shape of their glasses. The idea came to me late one night from trying allContinue reading “Free Eye Patch Tutorial”
Sugery Update with Pictures
There have been some questions lately on how my 3 year old daughter, Elliana, is doing 2 months after her surgery. I have been meaning to post an update and just haven’t had the chance. My daughter is just one of many kids who have Lateral Rectus Eye Muscle Surgery and each child reacts differently. Continue reading “Sugery Update with Pictures”
For Little Eyes 