Callin's Getting Glasses

Last week Callin was diagnosed with Amblyopia in his right eye. (Amblyopia, otherwise known as lazy eye, is a disorder of the visual system that is characterized by poor or indistinct vision in an eye that is otherwise physically normal, or out of proportion to associated structural abnormalities.) Although the optometrists says he was probably born with the condition we had no idea until we received the results from his Kindergarten eye screening. Callin has always been able to see (as far as we knew), he reads well and is very active we had no idea there was a problem with his vision. In all of Callin's previous eye exams the disorder was never detected because he was never asked to cover either eye while reading the chart. Amblyopia is usually not detected in children until their first thorough eye exam. Amblyopia is said to effect 1-5% of the population and detecting the condition in early childhood increases the chance of successful treatment. Thankfully our optometrist believes that Callin's eye can be strengthened with glasses and by wearing a patch over his good eye periodically. I urge anyone with children to have their children complete a thorough eye exam even if they think there is nothing wrong. Luckily Callin is very excited to be getting glasses.