So, a while ago I kept thinking that Sam was a little cross-eyed. His right eye seems to turn in intermittently. But I thought maybe I was being a little paranoid and projecting my own issues on to my children. I have strabismus and amblyopia, you see, so it could just be in my imagination. My mother has it, too. Besides, while strabismus affects males and females equally, the bias in me always figured that IF any of my children developed strabismus, it would be one of my girls.
Then, a week and a half ago, we had the Early Intervention team out to assess the triplets (more on that in a subsequent post in my copious spare time) and one of the first things that one of the therapists noticed was that Sam’s eye turns in. Go figure. I took a look through some pictures of him (see above), and lo and behold! he really DOES have an eye that turns in.
So I called an optometrist friend of mine and asked if this is something that I should deal with now or later and she said absolutely nothing but bad things could come from waiting. She said I could either see an ophthalmologist or an optometrist. Her recommendation was to see a developmental optometrist, and while I see her point, I’m hesitant about that based on my OWN experience. So I called my pediatrician today and asked who they recommend I see. They, not shockingly, recommended I see a pediatric ophthalmologist who specializes in strabismus. I’m leaning toward consulting with both and going from there, to be honest.
SO, I’ve made an appointment with the ophthalmologist for next Thursday afternoon. I’ve been warned that if he sees signs of strabismus in Sam, he’ll want to see the girls, too. Yippee!
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Crossed or not, they couldn’t be prettier! I’ve heard that strabismus in kids is pretty easily corrected when they’re young and hope that will be the case for Sam as well!
My E has esotropia, not strabismus, but they’re close enough. I think one is a form of the other? I forget. Anyway, she had patching at 4 months, glasses at 8 months (and now), and surgery at 15 months. We went to a ped opthamologist and LOVED HIM.
i would DEFINITELY go with the pediatric opthamologist. my little girl (now 3.5) has been in glasses since she was 22 months old for farsightedness and an astigmatism. we also patch for 3-4hours/day because her eyes are not equally affected. anyway…i would go with the “cream of the crop” as far as specialists go. an opthamologist is an MD (as i’m sure you know) and i’d always rather an MD see my kids if the option is available. i have felt like we have been in excellent hands throughout our experience. we go to an optometrist’s office to get our glasses prescriptions filled, and that’s it. i blog every once in a while about sarah’s eyes, updates, etc. and in most of our pics you can see her wearing her patch. anyway…i just thought i would throw my opinion into the ring 🙂 good luck with sam…all three of your kids are precious and i love reading your updates!
He is adorable!!
Good luck with appointment.
Your family is absolutely gorgeous! I hope that the strabismus isn’t too hard to correct.
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glad that it was caught so early. it’s a cute photo of sam 🙂
What a beautiful pair of blue eye, no matter where they point. Good luck with the opthamologist – it’s always good to catch these things early.