Comments on: putting the library degree to good use

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:34:37 +0000

counselorjb – what great news about your son! You must be so relieved. I love the image of him as a little professor with his bi-focals.

By: counselorjb

counselorjb — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:21:00 +0000

My two year old son has bifocals and they definitely took some getting used to. I thought the prescription was wrong when he got them because he started falling more and bumping into things…sicking to see..BUT he did get used to them and figured out how to look through the top (like a little professor) and reads his books while looking through the bottom of them. PS….they are working..We were able to cancel his strabismus surgery in September because of the improvements, still holding on to hope that we can cancel the possibility of surgery in Dec.

By: motherhoodandpotatoes

motherhoodandpotatoes — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:51:24 +0000

This is great research and info! I think it is OK for a prescription to change. C’s PO never showed concern of a change in prescription.

Bifocals mentioned again! Would a toddler know which part of the glasses to look through? We go back to the PO at the end of September so I’ll see if the PO mentions bifocals again.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:07:43 +0000

Thank you so much, Dr. Maino! I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some reassurance and all that information. I know Zoe’s doctor did mention bifocals, I’ll ask again on our next visit in a few weeks.

By: Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO, FCOVD-A

Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO, FCOVD-A — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:13:14 +0000

I’m a Professor of Pediatrics/Binocular Vision at the Illinois Eye Insitute/Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, Il. I’ve worked with many families with children with accommodative esotropia and usually have pretty good success just with glasses. I know you were disturbed that the power of your little one’s glasses went up….but that was actually a good sign. It meant that the focusing system was starting to let up a bit…which is good. I might also suggest that your doctor consider a multifocal design (for those of us who are chronologically enhanced … we call this a bifocal) which would give extra help to the focusing system when your little one is looking at near. I have a blog that concentrates on research associate with children (and disability and a few ohter things) so please stop by … http://www.MainosMemos.blogspot.com. You may also wish to visit http://www.covd.org for additional information on eye problems and children.

Dominick

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:35:19 +0000

Heh. Thanks! I'm with you on trusting doctors - or at least, believing that you should have a doctor you trust, and we do trust Zoe's eye doctor. But it was nice to get independent reassurance, and I need to keep up with medical search strategies anyway, since I seem to get more of those questions recently. It's funny, even though I didn't mean to have such a theme, I just posted on the same topic (research vs trusting your doctor) two days ago on my other blog.

By: annfelicia

annfelicia — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:16:48 +0000

You are one awesome library geek. I don’t get to stretch my ref skills that much at my place, so it’s good to be reminded of some of the basics. (ask me about John Stanford’s “Prey Series” and which books come in what order though and I’m ALL OVER IT)

Try not to worry too much about Zoe’s eyes, go with what the doctor said. If the doc’s not worried, you shouldn’t be. I had to see a cardiologist at the U today because of my carnitine thing and even though my metaboligist told me everything was fine and this was just routine, I was nervous up until the cardiologist told me everything was fine…and then I just felt stupid for freaking out for a week. I wish we didn’t worry so much, especially about the kids, but try and trust the doctor. They know more than we do, even with our super library skills.