Kairi's First Pair of Glasses

Well we got her glasses. What does Kairi think about these glasses? She can't stand them for even a second. We are just lucky to have her wear them for a max of 10-15 minutes. Hopefully she doesn't fight too much when she gets her implants. We would have to fight with her over glasses and her CI processor.

First ears.... now eyes

So, Kairi has always been cross eyed since she was born. Her left eye will turn in while the right is straight.

After finally getting an appointment with the ophthalmologists, the Dr told us that Kairi has "Accommodative Esotropia". So from the brochure it is "when the child focuses the eyes to see clearly, the eyes turn inward."

Treatments for this are:
1. Prescription glasses. "Glasses reduce the focusing effort and often straighten the eyes."
2. Patching. The patient will have wear a patch on the strong eye to force the weaker eye to become stronger.
3. Surgery. The surgery will help realign the eye pull the eye into the correct position.

So for now we have ordered a pair of glasses for Kairi. After she wears them for 6 weeks we will have another appointment with the ophthalmologists to see if she needs to be patched.