Chloe has been turning in her eyes now & then recently, so we decided to take her back to see the Pediatric Opthalmologist. We saw him when she was 8 months old, thinking she may have had some crossing of her eyes then, but she ended up having what is called pseudostrabismus which means it looks like she is crossing her eyes when in reality she is not. She has a flat bridge to her nose that causes the skin around her eyes to be flatter than normal covering parts of the whites of her eyes making it look like she is crossing them. Well, now she truly is slightly crossing them. He believes she could have Esotropia, means a child who chronically turns in their eyes (in a very small nut shell). She is not text book, though, so it was difficult for him to make a diagnosis. She is not chronic & can self correct. In fact her focusing is quite good.
So, the doc recommended glasses to start & we will be back to see him in 4 months or so to see about her progress. Surgery is a possibility, but not until he eleminates all non-invasive alternatives. He tells us the surgery is out-patient & real quick & fairly painless. That is good news. So, for the time being, she will be wearing glasses. Oh, boy does that bring back memories. I had to wear them starting before I was 3 so I soooooo understand everything our baby is going through. We don't have the glasses yet, they have to be ordered, but soon we will have them & the next challenge will be keeping them on her. So, keep checking back & as soon as we get them, I will take a photo with her in her new glasses!! She looks pretty darn cute if I do say so myself...
Chloe just out of the bath getting in a good hug with daddy!!
