Hi Laura: My daughter is 3 1/2 yr old too. She was diagnost six months ago. I believe she is Type 1 in her left eye. The look of a "lazy eye" has become much...
Hi Rebecca. Just curious what your doctor said when you had your appointment the other day. It doesn't make sense to me that surgery is not an option for your...
Okay, I am very nervous about taking dd on a plane. Not just because of the 'general scare' from 9/11 and wacky people on planes, but she will not sit still to...
A lot of parents use children's benadryl (an over the counter antihistamine) to calm down/make their kids sleepy for airplane flights. Most doctors say this...
Julie stevens You will be fine. Take some favourite toys which doesn't make much noise. try to make her sleep when u fly. Take some of her favourite...
I have traveled numerous times with my 2 now three year old across country and survived fine. One trick is to have a brand new video for the plane ride. It...
Well, let me tell you about the scare we had this weekend. We went to see our PO. She sent us to a Pediatric Neuro Opt. Who, as soon as she examed my...
Has anyone else been told they can't have treatment despite having upshoots and the eye looking really small, I have asked Dr Rosenbaum he said I didn't have a...
... antihistamine) to calm down/make their kids sleepy for airplane flights. Most doctors say this is fine. BUT, in some kids it makes them extra hyper, so...
... he ... just ... put ... My six year old daughter is in the same boat. no head turn, but small eye and upshoots also, but all our doctors have said the same...
Rebecca -- That's so sad what your dd had to go through. I'm sorry. Has she been officially diagnosed with Duane's? If so, are her symptoms different than...
A month or two ago someone posted some great questions to ask the opth. at the appointment. My mind is so bogged down with getting everyting ready to pack that...
My 2 year old was diagnosed with Duane Syndrome about a year ago. Type 1. I have noticed (more often lately) that he will zone out or space out... like a kid...
I remember me doing that (not at two but later). I have DS type I and Hyperopia. It was easy to disconnect provoking on purpose blurred and double vision....
Well, we went to CA to see Dr. R. We got there right when they opened and the assistant helped us right away. The 'fellow' did all the pre-exam stuff and...
P.S. Dr. R did say if the head turn was due to the Duane's after ruling out the farsightedness causing it then he would do surgery. However, now the eyeglass...
My nephew with type 1 in his right eye began wearing glasses at 9 mo. old. He kept his glasses on because his vision was SO MUCH BETTER. He could actually SEE...
I guess his eyes did look a little bigger, but my family has always thought that the Duane's was LESS noticable with the glasses on. He is so very cute...when...
Sorry to hear that the trip was so distressing. But I have a bit of good news for you. While my son does not have eye sight problems, my husband does. When ...
The difference between the glasses and the hat or pigtails is that the glasses have to happen. I would get them and persist as long as you need to. I wouldn't...
I am a 27 year old woman who has Duanes Syndrome. I can not move my right eye towards my ear. All other movement has been normal. My concerns now are other...
Julie I realize all kids are different, my son (22 months) doesn't have duanes (I do) he actually enjoys wearing his sunglasses and hat. He now frequently asks...
Julie - The good news about your daughter's far-sightedness is that there is help for it! Try to keep your mind on helping her see better, rather than how she...
I do have to mention though that our opth said that her eyes may improve and they may want to wait to check them in six months. Her one eye has already...
My 15 month old daughter has type 1 Duane's syndrome. She was diagnosed at 3 months. She does space out every now and then... but then again, so do I and I...
My husband and I went to see Dr. Rosenbaum today for a second opinion on our 7 month old daughter. She was diagnosed in August with Duane's and since our first...
Hi everybody. I have ason 19 months old with Duane. I want to talk to any Turkish in the Group if there is. Also is there anyone who knows any Turkish doctor...
My daughter has a tilt and a turn...also puzzling Doctor R (as well as our local PO). We went ahead and had him perform VRT surgery but it really didn't do...
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