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Your Reply: See Forum Rules (above) for more information about what codes you are allowed to use in your posts.	[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by vonda [/i] [B]Karen, first I would like to say that I have had some experience with this problem, but before I tell you about it I would like to thank Ruth for her reply, because THAT helped ME a little bit also. Both of my Noah's eyes started turning in at around 4-5 months. Some days they were straight as arrows and then one day the left would be turned in and the next the right one would be turned in. It kept getting worse. We took him to Johns Hopkins University and had him evaluated and they put him in glasses also. Now Noah's vision is fine and the glasses were only to pull the eyes back out. He HATED them with a passion. For one thing the prescription is SO strong in order to make it work and he just hated that. He would rip them off seconds after we put them on. Finally after months of struggling with this he would keep them on for around 3-4 hours at a time. After 6 months we took him back and the doctor saw NO change whatsoever and told us to bag the glasses. He has been scheduled for surgery twice now and both times we have had to cancel due to him being sick, once with a fever, once with diarrhea. NOW we have surgery scheduled for May 1st, but if they have any openings sooner then Noah will get the first opening. I am scared out of my wits, like Ruth said, but I KNOW it has to be done. He will probably be just fine and I will be the one running to the bathroom the entire time, HA HA!!! Noah is 22 months old now and isn't walking yet, close, but not yet and the doctor is wondering just how much his turned in eyes are hindering his walking and I am wondering the same thing. I find him holding his head to the side these days while watching TV. I just wish it was over and done with and so then we could concentrate on other things. He did tell us that Noah won't be needing glasses afterward since he does have 20/20 vision, but we will hold on to them just in case!!! Does your grandson have the elastic band on his glasses? This helped to keep Noah's on a lot!! Good luck and let us know how it goes. Vonda [/B][/QUOTE]
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vonda	Karen, first I would like to say that I have had some experience with this problem, but before I tell you about it I would like to thank Ruth for her reply, because THAT helped ME a little bit also. Both of my Noah's eyes started turning in at around 4-5 months. Some days they were straight as arrows and then one day the left would be turned in and the next the right one would be turned in. It kept getting worse. We took him to Johns Hopkins University and had him evaluated and they put him in glasses also. Now Noah's vision is fine and the glasses were only to pull the eyes back out. He HATED them with a passion. For one thing the prescription is SO strong in order to make it work and he just hated that. He would rip them off seconds after we put them on. Finally after months of struggling with this he would keep them on for around 3-4 hours at a time. After 6 months we took him back and the doctor saw NO change whatsoever and told us to bag the glasses. He has been scheduled for surgery twice now and both times we have had to cancel due to him being sick, once with a fever, once with diarrhea. NOW we have surgery scheduled for May 1st, but if they have any openings sooner then Noah will get the first opening. I am scared out of my wits, like Ruth said, but I KNOW it has to be done. He will probably be just fine and I will be the one running to the bathroom the entire time, HA HA!!! Noah is 22 months old now and isn't walking yet, close, but not yet and the doctor is wondering just how much his turned in eyes are hindering his walking and I am wondering the same thing. I find him holding his head to the side these days while watching TV. I just wish it was over and done with and so then we could concentrate on other things. He did tell us that Noah won't be needing glasses afterward since he does have 20/20 vision, but we will hold on to them just in case!!! Does your grandson have the elastic band on his glasses? This helped to keep Noah's on a lot!! Good luck and let us know how it goes. Vonda
Ruth Murphy	Yes, Yes, Yes!!!! I have first hand experience with this very thing! Glad to be able to shed some positive light.... Hannah, 3 yrs. old now, also had a need for glasses. Her eyes turned in a bit and she is slightly farsighted. We started with glasses and a patch to cover one eye (the better one) to make the weaker eye focus and work. (Note: the patch that attaches to the glasses, as opposed to the "bandage" type you can get in the drug store, does not work well at all!) She kept taking her glasses off and we had a real battle going. Moving along. Once we started using the "bandage" type of optical patch, things got better. She increased her ability in the weaker eye, but she still had that "crossed" look. After about a year (she did get used to the glasses and wears them "just like mommy") her doctor still deemed it necessary to have the surgery. She finally had the surgery this past Feb. 19, just two weeks ago. I was a wreck!!!!! But she did very well and came out of it with both eyes looking a little puffy and blood shot. But they were straight! She now wears her glasses only (no more patch). We are very happy that the procedure went well. Hope this helps. Hang in there. It really is a mild problem that can be overcome with patience. God Bless you all! Ruth
Karen (Noah' s grandma)	Hi - my grandson Noah is 17 months. Yesterday the doctor gave him glasses. He has one eye that tends to cross and he is farsighted. The doctor felt that the glasses may be able to correct his problems. Noah is to try the glasses for 6 weeks, then the doctor will re-evaluate. Surgery is another option. Noah was really grumpy last night after the doctor's appointment, and he wouldn't keep the glasses on. Hopefully today will be better. I know that his parents were somewhat upset by all of this, and I tried to be upbeat & positive. Do any of you have any experience with this?

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