If you spend time with Elena, you'll eventually notice what's obvious about in this picture:
Her eyes have a tendency to cross - strabismus is the medical term. With Elena, the condition is intermittent: it will be nearly imperceptible most times, but will show up more often when she's stressed, or when she's looking either askance or at something very close (when one's eyes tend to pull inwards naturally). She has some tendency to favor the left eye and let the right wander, but which eye she uses will change (in the picture above she's actually favoring her right eye).
We've talked to a couple pediatric opthamologists about this condition, and although their opinion on the potential effects of strabismus varied, they both agreed that, at this age, the only effective corrective action is surgery.
We had a pre-surgical meeting with the opthamologist today, and Elena's sugery is scheduled for Thursday July 26. It's fairly minor outpatient surgery, but it does involve general anesthetic, and any surgery is not to be taken lightly.
Wish her luck.
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| Elena's Russian passport picture |
We've talked to a couple pediatric opthamologists about this condition, and although their opinion on the potential effects of strabismus varied, they both agreed that, at this age, the only effective corrective action is surgery.
We had a pre-surgical meeting with the opthamologist today, and Elena's sugery is scheduled for Thursday July 26. It's fairly minor outpatient surgery, but it does involve general anesthetic, and any surgery is not to be taken lightly.
Wish her luck.
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