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Category Archives: The Patch
Judgement Day for Stella’s Vision, Part 1: Ophthalmology’s View
Well, on Friday morning, Stella and I made our way to Seattle Children’s ophthalmology department for her yearly exam. The high-level stats for those keeping score and not wanting to sift through a lengthy post: Clear improvement of stereoscopy, virtually … Continue reading
My own pilot study: Microwaves’ effectiveness in increasing compliance with vision training
The solution was there, sitting in the corner of the kitchen all along. My microwave timer has saved patching. The obtrusive but helpful-in-a-pinch black box has also helped salvage the vision therapy we do at home. Cue an annoying series … Continue reading
Two points of view. One big push forward.
In the first chapter of John Gottman’s wonderful book, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, my current daily life is illuminated: “Behavioral psychologists have observed that preschoolers typically demand that their caretakers deal with some kind of need or desire at … Continue reading
An inevitable dip in the roller-coaster ride
When Stella gets really upset about anything at all, her immediate, go-to move is to tear off her adorable purple glasses with one hand (OUCH!) and throw them, with the force of every ounce of rage she’s got. Though to … Continue reading
Stella insists she can see with BOTH eyes
Yesterday was sunny and crisp. A Golden Delicious apple of a day. Okay, a frozen one. I’d recently read about how incredibly important and beneficial outdoor time is to kids’ eyesight, and was determined to whisk Stella off to the … Continue reading
Posted in Stella's eyes, The Patch, toddler, vision therapy
Tagged accommodative esotropia, amblyopia, glasses, motherhood, patching, strabismus, toddler, vision therapy
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Knowing when to worry, and when not to
When I was an infant, I had to wear booties attached by a bar. The goal was to straighten out my legs. It worked, but my legs are a bit S-shaped to this day. They curve oddly at the knee, … Continue reading
Posted in motherhood, Stella's eyes, The Patch, The tube
Tagged eye patch, eyeglasses, motherhood, strabismus, toddler, worry
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It’s all fun and eye games until someone attains 20/20 visual acuity in her left eye.
It’s amazing what you can do with a few markers and a tea cup. Oh, the simple addition of a tea cup seals the deal, my friends. Overall, home-based vision therapy is getting easier as I find and engineer more … Continue reading
Posted in Stella's eyes, The Patch, vision therapy
Tagged accommodative esotropia, amblyopia, strabismus, toddler, vision therapy
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Cirque de Okay
My official assessment is that this week’s in-office vision therapy went well. It was interesting, and eye-opening. (Once again I’ve let you down and resorted to puns.) Eye-patched Stella threw a couple blocks in frustration and engaged in impressive evasive … Continue reading
Our vision therapy experience so far… on littlefoureyes.com
Just a note to say that if you are interested in how our first two weeks of vision therapy have gone, you can get the details over at littlefoureyes.com. I just wrote a post about how we wound up doing … Continue reading
This isn’t healthy.
I should’ve been asleep an hour ago. Instead of taking care of myself, I spent a bunch of this Friday evening, when Cody and I are supposed to be relaxing and celebrating our wedding anniversary, scouring photos of Stella from … Continue reading
