Strabismus Surgery.....Did It Work?!?!?!?

I am sorry to hear you are having this problem. I would document everything, the name of the nurse, what she said and the date, the dates of your appointments, etc... Keep all related paperwork. If you need to file a lawsuit, this will help. It sounds like you need to ask your doctor if the nurse's mistake contributed to your daughter's condition. You could also take her to another doctor for a 2nd opinion and ask what he thinks. Sometimes doctors as well as nurses don't know what they are talking about. Good luck!

My son had this surgery, so I know how your feel about wanting to see the results. I don't think 2 weeks without glasses hurt, so just keep her glasses on as much as possible and the resting eyes should get more centered. Your surgeon would know best if the missing glasses caused problems. Each cas is individual.

After my son's surgery, we had a 6 month check-up and were told that they would wait until the 1 year check-up to decide whether to remove the prisms completely. Each case is individual. Although a slight prism has been required, he can look me squarely in the eyes when he takes off his glasses. I am thrilled that he isn't bruised from falling hourly. He is in fifth grade and can ride his bike for hours without accidents. I am so greatful for the changes.

He does choose to put his glasses on when his eye gets tired -- he reads a lot and is taking music lessons. His 2nd year checkup is this month, so maybe the slight prism can be removed.

You should have been told that the results may not be permanent since "repaired" muscles are never as perfect as "birth perfect". Medical technology has reduced the scarring from repairs to the muscles, but you don't want that done too often. From what I'm told, each case is individual.

The surgeon said they might need an aditional surgical adjustment in his twenties, but metabolism and individual preferences will be taken into account.

First of all, don't beat yourself up about having the surgery or skipping the glasses for 2 weeks. Not wearing glasses for 2 weeks will probably not have that great of an impact. As for the surgery (which is not "chopping her up"), my son had it. It helped, but was not the end-all-be-all. My son's eyes are no longer "crossed" or "lazy." However, he does have Esotropia and has lost vision in one eye. Our journey included: tried glasses first, didn't work. Had surgery, worked somewhat but kept wearing glasses and eventually patched one eye; currently, my son wears glasses and is patched for 6 hours per day due to the need to strengthen the weak/loss of vision eye. It is very important to work on this issue early in life, as patching will not work well after the age of 6 or 7. This is a very frustrating and long road to take (strabismus). There are no guaranteed answers, and only time will tell which therapies will work best for each child. It's very difficult to hear the doctor say that he cannot predict what will work and what will not. As long as you trust your opthamologist, just continue to work on it.

I strongly recommend that you go to another ophthalmologist and get his opinion on this. That is the only way you are going to get the truth.
Keep her glasses on for now.

Your daughters eyes will readjust from the lack of glasses for two weeks. I hope she has as wonderful results as my nephew did.He had his first surgery at 9 months and didn't need another until he was in jr. high school.His glasses for years were thick and heavy on his face but now at 23 they just look like normal glasses.Just keep her glasses on her as much as possible and hopefully her eyes will straighten out.

My daughter had this surgery when she was 15 YEARS old. Our pediatric opthalmologist did not think the surgery was necessary as long as the problem could be corrected with glasses. Her left eye finally started crossing even with glasses, so they performed the surgery. I seemed like it was successful for about two weeks and then I noticed that her left eye was turning in again when she did have her glasses or contacts in. At her follow up visit to the doctor, we expressed our concerns and he said, in a nutshell, that's just the way it works sometimes. When she is older, she can have the lasik surgery to correct her nearsigtedness and that would solve the problem. For now, as long as she has her glasses/contacts, she is fine. BTW, I love, love, love her pediatric opthalmologist. My daughter has been seeing him for the last 16 years and my son for the last 9. His name is Derek Springer and he offices at Riley, Northside & Southside.

Dear Victoria,

At 11 months your daughter has a lot of muscles that are underdeveloped. Instead of chopping her up why don't you spend a little time exercising her weak muscles? I had a friend who's daughter couldn't read. Found out that her eyes weren't coordinated and she couldn't track from one line to another. The answer was a set of exercises to get her eye muscles and brain to work together. In some cases a patch was used to isolate the weak eye so it could be worked. In short, her eyes stengthened and she eventually learned to read.

If wearing the glasses helps, make sure she wears them. Get a patch and work the weak eye. Move something around so that she has to follow it. Eventually the eye muscles will get stronger.

God Bless,

S.

Not wearing the glasses after surgery could not mess them up more- relax. It sounds like some good was done by the surgeons- which by the way- are humans- not God. I think you should be thankful her eyes are better than they were and embrace how she looks with and without glasses. A good picture shouldn't be considered one with her eyes strait- and not how she looks at this age, but one of her feeling happy or doing things she loves...real life situations that will take you back to the good days at this age.

I hope you can learn to deal with your child not looking like every other child with "normal eyes." She may never be "normal" that way...stop being frustrated and quit blaming people, and be thankful the Drs. did what they could so far- and love your child....You don't owe anyone any explanations. Hold your head up proud- and own up to your perfect daughter, just the way she is. The time will fly by too quickly and you will be the one missing out.

God Bless,

A.

I don't think that her not wearing the glasses for 2 weeks hurt anything.

I have a 5 year old that went through the eye surgery thing too. It takes time & we've gone through a lot of prescription changes since she had her surgery a few years ago. It's taken time, but her eyes have gotten stronger and stronger.

I will tell you that the glasses we got for our daughter have the "transition lenses" in them, where they turn to sunglasses when she goes outside. We had a hard time getting her to wear her glasses until she realized that. Once she realized that that was going on, she wore her glasses all the time.

Good luck!

I think, if possible, I would get a second opinion. I sorry it didn't correct it completely. My little boy had surgery for pyloric stenosis at 4 weeks old, I know how stressful it is having a little one having surgery, not something any mother wants to go through, especially twice.