Ophthalmologist Update.

CC indeed needed glasses, so much so that the lady making Camden’s glasses thought I had given her my prescription. CC is near-sided and has an astigmatism in both eyes. Her right eye is significantly worse (-2.5) than her left (-1.5). She was prescribed glasses and hopefully that will help her see. She was also diagnoses with Strabismus (misaligned eyes.) Her right eye is slightly straying toward her ear. The doctor is hoping that this is caused by the imbalance of the eyes. The right eye is so much weaker than the left, that the brain is recognizing images with the stronger eye, causing the right eye to stray. The strabismus is so slight that the doctor almost missed it when he tested her farsighted vision, but saw it more with her near-sighted vision. He is hoping that the glasses help correct the problem. Evening out both of the eye’s prescription will cause the eyes to see equally and hopefully, correct the problem. The strabismus that she has (Intermittent Exotropia) is different than the commonly known “lazy eye.” The fact that her eye is straying to the outside toward her ear, is the difference from the common “lazy eye,” which causes one eye to almost look crossed. And Intermittent Exotropia means that its not constant, that it can come and go. For now we are hoping the glasses help correct her misaligned eyes, but are told to come back in one month for another evaluation. Please pray that it is indeed the problem with her astigmatism and uneven vision, because if the straying doesn’t get better or gets worse, then we are left with two options therapy or surgery. We were not surprised that she would need glasses, Mark and I both have awful vision (actually almost everyone in both sides of our families), but we were hoping it wouldn’t be so soon. She does look mighty cute in her glasses!