Friday, November 20, 2009

Stromboli Eyes

Some of you have asked about Addison's vision problems that I mentioned in my last post. We don't have many answers yet but we do know that she has a condition called strabismus. I was trying to remember the word a few weeks ago when I was talking with Marty about it but the only word that came to mind was stromboli so we've nick-named Addison "stromboli eyes." Anyways, strabismus is basically when the muscles in the eyes are weak and the eyes can't track in the same direction. Sometimes Addison's eyes will cross when she's trying to focus on something and other times only one eye will turn in. The solution is either minor surgery or a patch. We'll find out more when we see a pediatric ophthalmologist on December 1st. Here are a few pictures of what it looks like.






2 comments:

chikebuplus2 said...

Lauren- No worries! I know lots of kids who have this... it is easy to fix. Call me if you wanna chat about it

Courtney said...

So is it a "lazy eye"? I have worked with some kids who had it and a few used the patch, it worked just fine. You just have to deal with trying to keep the eye patched... difficult for a toddler trying to pull it off. (OH WOW, I just called your girl a toddler. I can't believe we have toddlers!)