Accommodative Esotropia

DIY Custom Sticky Patches

Did you ever wish you had a eye patch for a special occasion but couldn’t find one? My son wears sticky patches and other than drawing directly on them or sticking stickers on them they aren’t exactly the easiest thing to customize. We decided to make our own cool patches. They are easy to make …

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Zoe – Microcephaly, autism, farsighted, amblyopia, esotropia, nystagmus, undiagnosed genetic condition

Zoe was born March 25, 2007, a perfectly healthy baby girl. It was less than a year before we noticed that her development, while still within normal ranges, was falling behind that of her peers. Around 9 months old, while at a physiotherapy appointment, the therapist noticed a jerk of her eyes. We saw an …

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Willow – Farsighted, Accommodative Esotropia

Here is Willow on her second birthday. Our story starts on October 7th, 2013. My daughter, Willow, was celebrating her second birthday. There were friends, family and pictures. Lots of pictures. That evening I started looking through the photos we had taken, only to notice that her eye was turned in every single one of them. I immediately …

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Mirabel – Koolen deVries Syndrome

Mirabel is 21 months old and she has Koolen deVries Syndrome – a microdeletion of part of her 17th chromosome (17q21.31). The syndrome is rare with 1 in 16,000 being born with the condition. Mirabel was born with crossed eyes and has been diagnosed with alternating esotrpia and accomodative esotropia, congential nystagmus, far-sightedness and astigmatism. …

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Moses – Strabismic Amblyopia and Accommodative Esotropia

Meet Moses! This past February, right after his 4th birthday, I began to notice a very slight misalignment in his eyes when he was playing his race car game. At first I was the only one who could see it. But it quickly progressed and I made him an appointment with a developmental optometrist. Moses …

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