ABBY'S BABY BLUES

A few weeks ago we took Abby to a local eye doctor on the referral form our pediatrician to be examined for exotropia ( a form of lazy eye) The doctor spent a good amount of time examining Abby's eyes and talking to us. His conclusion was that he sees it a little but not enough to do anything for it. Then his last comment left us feeling some what unsure with his conclusion. He said he wanted us to bring her back is 2 months to see his colleague b/c she was better at seeing these things. WHAT?
We already had an appointment with a very well recommended Dr in the medical center. (Thank you Cathy!!!) At that point we decided for sure we would keep that appointment. We went to that appointment this past Monday. We are really glad we did. The doctor said that Abby does have exotropia in her right eye. It is a really mild case and the DR said it is only doing it about 10-15% of the time. Abby has to wear a patch on her good eye for 1 hour every day to help make the other eye muscle stronger. The DR told us that about 80% of these cases that are caught early can correct them self by age 3 or 4. If the eye does not correct it's self Abby will have to have surgery. The patch really does not seem to bother Abby at all. I thank God that we have a good pediatrician that saw this early!