45 day old baby in Beijing China - advice needed

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Dear All,

We could use a bit of advice. I went to see the Hu

Xueyong’s baby yesterday, and she is gorgeous. From what I can see,

she has some epicanthis inversus, as well as fairly pronounced ptosis.

The width of her eyes is also quite narrow. We are not certain at this

point if she is able to open her eyes wide enough to see. As she is dark

eyed, and her eyes are quite small, it was difficult to see if her eyelids can

be raised above her pupils.

The doctor that they went to here in Beijing told them that he cannot test the

baby’s ability to see until she is three months old. Accordingly, I

have the following questions that I would appreciate some advice on;

1) Can a doctor

determine whether a baby under the age of 3 months can open their eyes wide enough

to see properly?

2) Are there

complications that commonly occur, should the baby be unable to see until it is

three months old?

3) For those of

you who had surgery on your baby very early (i.e. within the first 3 months)

can you please explain how this decision to operate was arrived at?

My deepest thanks to everyone for their advice.

All the best,

Micah Truman and Hu Xue Yong

Beijing, China