Erin has been seeing an eye doctor since birth for exotropia, which means her right eye turns out. Many people do not notice it because her eye only turns out on occation, and when it does, she quickly straightens it by looking at something up close or in a new direction. Depending on how often it happens, treatment varies. Eventually, it is very likely that she'll need surgury so that her vision remains uneffected by this condition. Right now, it is not effecting her vision. The decision to do surgery is made when the eye is turned out for more than 50% of the time. It is still not happening that often, but the frequencey is increasing so we are trying some eye patching to either slow down the frequency or, in rare cases, fix it all together. When her "good eye" is patched, in theory, it will strengthen her weak eye. Let's hope!
As you can see, three year old princesses can even make an eye patch look cute :)
Seamus joins the fun...
