Exotropia - Maysa's Follow up Appointment

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We had our follow-up appointment yesterday

with Maysa’s eye doctor. She never gave me a hard time getting there.

In fact, she was all happy and excited. She remembered the “games†he

played with her last time and was looking forward to it again. This

girl really cracks me up. As soon as he said “Hi†to her she replied

back with a “Hi Dr. Doritoâ€, knowing exactly what SHE was saying. I

don’t think he knew though as his name is Dr. Territo…

Ok, so back to the point now. Dr. Territo played another few

“games†with her very similar to the ones he used last time. He also

asked me whether or not I thought things had improved, worsened or

remained the same. From what I can see, Maysa’s eyes still wander off

when she is “thinking away†which means when she is thinking about or

talking about something that is being pictured in her head. Her eyes

are not focused on anything in particular. It is all happening in her

mind. The moment you call for her attention, she refocuses right back

on you or a specific object. He saw the same thing as well.

The doctor also said that her vision was perfect and that there was

no weakness in neither one of her eye muscles. He said that the fact

that she has the ability to refocus on her own were all good things and

didn’t think that she was a candidate for patching. He also said that

she is far from being a candidate for surgery.

Dr. Territo also said that often people with a history of

plagiocephaly/brachycephaly exhibit signs of strabismus and that people

with this condition often learn to control it as they grow older.

Shame on those who think that it is only cosmetic!

So what are we left with? Another appointment, 6 months from now,

to see how things are progressing. Maysa will be 3 and a half then.Leila,Maysa, almost 3, DOC band Grad 5.26.09www.mymaysa.wordpress.com